What “community standards” did these comments breach? #21

The following comments – sent in to us by a reader – were censored by The Guardian. Which of the well-publicised CiF “community standards” did they breach?

Removed comments, posted under the Gaby Hinsliff opinion piece Cambridge is right: you can’t take pride in the past and ignore the horror of slavery on Tuesday 30th of April:

…aaannnddd the gaps where they used to be:

So: Which of the Guardian’s “community standards” did these comments break?

• Do they “misrepresent the Guardian and its journalists”?
• Are they “persistent trolling or mindless abuse”?
• Are they “spam-like”? Or “obviously commercial”?
• Are they “racism, sexism, homophobia or hate-speech”?
• Are they “extremely offensive or threatening?”?
• Are they “flame-wars based on ingrained partisanship or generalisations”?
• Are they not “relevant”?

If none of the above – why were they taken down?

See our archive of censored comments. And if you see any egregious examples of the Guardian censoring its “free” comment sections – email us at [email protected], and send us screen caps if possible

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