From: brightside@sonnenkinder.org   
      
   On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:10:24 +0200, "Evertjan."   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   Correct. If one cannot post uk.telecom through google groups portal   
   then the unwanted messges cannot be entered, hence cannot be   
   propogated to Usenet NGs.  The unwanted posts  in uk.telecom were   
   always posted through google groups.   
      
   A  cure for sexy girlie posts in soc.genealogy.britain could be   
   similarly implemented, but I use filters, its easy enough.   
      
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