From: exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net   
      
   brightside  wrote on 23 Aug 2018 in   
   soc.genealogy.britain:   
      
   > On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 09:42:18 +0200, Athel Cornish-Bowden   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 2018-08-22 08:34:56 +0000, brightside said:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:18:24 +0200, john   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> You have had several replies to your post and all have resolved the   
   >>>> problem with simple filtering in their newsgroup reader.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> So you should try the same, although, if I remember correctly, the   
   >>>> oldest versions of Free Agent do not have a filtering function. So you   
   >>>> might need to switch to another reader.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You could also try contacting Google to see if you can get them to do   
   >>>> something!   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Google can do something about it. uk.telecom used to be spammed with   
   >>> many many posts offering dubious (stolen probably) credit card   
   >>> details, bank account details etc. All from gmail addresses all posted   
   >>> via google groups.   
   >>>   
   >>> Google killed the group completeley. Then they, eventually, have made   
   >>> uk.telecom a read only group.  But it still  archives newsgroup   
   >>> postings from elsewhere.   
   >>>   
   >>> Who made google do this? I have no idea!   
   >>   
   >>I imagine the telecom companies are in a position to levy some   
   >>effective pressure on Google, but Google doesn't care what members of a   
   >>news group think.   
   >   
   > The full discussion is in newsgroup uk.telecom   Having read it I have   
   > doubts that "big business" was involved.   
   >   
   > Here's what Google had to say.   
   >   
   > "Banned Content Warning   
   > The group you are attempting to view (uk.telecom) has been identified   
   > as containing spam, malware, or other malicious content. Content in   
   > this group is now limited to view-only mode for those with access.   
   >   
   > Group owners can request an appeal after they have taken steps to   
   > clean up potentially offensive content in the forum. For more   
   > information about content policies on Google Groups see our Help   
   > Center article on abuse and our Terms of Service."   
   >   
   > The Help Centre article informs users on how to handle abuse,   
   > indersireable post, etc   
   >   
   > Since uk.telecom is an unmoderated group, there is no owner, so no   
   > appeal, so it stays read only. so no posting **via google groups**  is   
   > possible to uk.telecom.   
   >   
   > Instead  of wasting time moaning here about these undesireable posts:-   
   > 1. Filter them out.   
   > 2. Report them to Google.   
      
   Google is talking about a group/forum they own, or mistakenly suspect [or   
   fakely imply] they do, but a Usenet NG is not owned by them, so setting it   
   to read-only would apply only to their portal.   
      
      
      
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