Comments on: Pirate Party Banned from Social Networking Site

By: monstre hírcsokor a digitális világból « /dev/blog

monstre hírcsokor a digitális világból « /dev/blog — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:04:17 +0000

[...] Németországban a legnagyobb közösségi oldal kizárta a pártok közül a “német kalózp?…, komolytalannak bélyegezve ?ket. Egy online szolgáltatás mint politikai sz?r?? ez mehetett volna cenzúra cím alá is… [...]

By: Pirátská strana vykopnuta z n?mecké kopie Facebooku

Pirátská strana vykopnuta z n?mecké kopie Facebooku — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:16:23 +0000

[...] StudiVZ zrušilo ú?et Piraten Partei, tedy n?mecké odnože strany, o které jste díky kauze The Pirate Bay v poslední dob? už jist? n?co slyšeli. [...]

By: Copypaste asín rápido « Oh My Blog! I Can’t Believe It!

Copypaste asín rápido « Oh My Blog! I Can’t Believe It! — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:56:18 +0000

[...] gana adhesiones como la espuma, el establishment alemán censura al Partido Pirata de aquel país. Les han baneado de la mayor red social alemana, que había montado un área sólo para partidos pol?…, cara a las próximas elecciones europeas. La razón: que detrás no había una persona real. [...]

By: ....

.... — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:00:13 +0000

lol who cares, they have no chance even they have an account on studivz/meinvz.

By: asdf

asdf — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:06:54 +0000

Facebook sucks, and they have patented the whole concept? Screw them, I hope they got buried soon and something better comes, something that allows people to do whatever, send files, show titties, WHATEVER!

By: mark

mark — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:36:07 +0000

StudiVZ is owned by Holzbrinck, which is large German Media Enterprise. Of cause they don’t like Pirates. So i don’t wonder.

By: hwertz

hwertz — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:47:25 +0000

“Private entities have full rights to ban whichever party they like.
(I don’t think most people would mind that a newspaper would not feature a pedophile party [I would be against that, but the general public won't].”
Well, obviously Germany has it’s own laws, but in the US I think this would not fly.

Here, the newpapers, TV, and other media can either:
1) Not cover politics at all or
2) Give equal coverage to all parties
In reality, this doesn’t work, they totally ignore the existence of third parties, and pretend there are only 2 parties (Democrats and Republicans, who both hate freedom and want a huge government, and just argue over the exact reasons why, while pretending they are totally different..) In the last election they did not let a candidate into the debates who had ~20% in the polls, because he was not a Dem or Rep!

*BUT*, the way it’s been interpreted, facebook or the like would either have to kick all parties off their site, or allow all parties, They could not pick and choose as StudiVZ is doing.

What you all should do is find a new social networking site, maybe arrange a “don’t use StudiVZ” day at the least. If they saw their traffic precipitously drop off they may know they should not interfere in politics.

By: StudiVZ, die Piratenpartei und der Holtzbrinck-Konzern « 11k2

StudiVZ, die Piratenpartei und der Holtzbrinck-Konzern « 11k2 — Sun, 03 May 2009 09:43:50 +0000

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Sun, 03 May 2009 08:59:50 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:11:39 +0000

The day is close

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By: Cordelia

Cordelia — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:10:07 +0000

GERMANY = Most important country in the EU right now.

GERMANS please support this issue and don’t give up just because some poxy site gives into US pressure and bans the account.

How about creating an independent site that cannot be taken down, and have everyone linking to it from their own profiles?

WHAT PARTY CAN I VOTE FOR IN THE EU PARLIAMENT ELECTION THAT SUPPORTS NET NEUTRALITY ??

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:00:44 +0000

@5
Perhaps “assholes to the power” party so you can postulate as a president or better Demi-god.

WTF has to do pedophilia with pirate party who is defending our rights to free society you retard!

By: celesto

celesto — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:36:26 +0000

i interpret this as the beginning of the war PP vs. the other parties..you ll see who ll win ;)!

PP Austria FTW in the future :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:22:40 +0000

How convenient to protect the status quo of already established parties while preventing any emerging alternatives to even try.

StudiVZ stinks.

By: Sky

Sky — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:40:19 +0000

Hackers, start your engines.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:28:56 +0000

Hey,
I just want to add, that it’s not just the PP that is banned from studiVZ, but also all parties not present in the German Bundestag (parliament) so this also includes several other small parties…

I do think they should allow everybody on their platform, but what about protesting for all parties and not just that one known to a subculture?

Just a thought…

By: aloa5

aloa5 — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:03:32 +0000

Answer to this:
“Have they banned any other parties or is it just the Pirate Party – anybody know?”

The main problem is, that StudiVZ made a PR-campaign. They allowed different parties to start an elections campaign. They´ve said “only the parties represented in parliament – but not the NPD” (even the NPD.. the right-wing extremist party.. is not in parliament). There are also different youth- and local groups of the great parties wich have profiles.

So StudiVZ: “election campaigns at studiVZ started/allowed”. Or (to be exact) StudiVZ made a campaign called “My vote counts”.
Here is the German press release of StudiVZ:
http://www.presseecho.de/vermischtes/NA3731394390.htm

IF someone starts a PR campaign “My vote counts” with party-profiles allowed – aiming to “mobilize many first-voters” (and so on)… THEN he has to face critics (being biassed) if he select specific parties out. And this is what happened.

Best Regards
ALOA

By: William

William — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:35:00 +0000

Democracy ftw

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:45:22 +0000

Erm, I fail to see what is at issue here.

Sure, it’s a worthy story to report on for TF, however this social networking site is a privately owned concern and has no obligation whatsoever to provide space for the Pirate Party should it not wish to.

They have no obligation to act in a democratic manner or to allow the Pirate Party or anyone else for that matter any webspace whatsoever.

It is not “undemocratic” as StudiVZ is simply not an instrument that is part of the established notion that democracy entails. I fail to see why the outrage is being displayed actually.

Have they banned any other parties or is it just the Pirate Party – anybody know?

By: AnarchyNow

AnarchyNow — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:32:51 +0000

Once upon a time, some people felt concerns about the environment (like: too many nuclear plants, too many oil tankers on beaches, cars, etc) , so _some_ of them decided to create a “green” party…
40 years later, all “green” parties have been corrupted and they all are in favor of nuclear energy, they don’t do anything about tankers ending on beaches all they care is their little well-paid politican seats.

So I say it again: VOTING DOESN’T CHANGE ANYTHING AND ENDORSING A “PIRATE” PARTY WON’T CHANGE ANYTHING AT ALL