Most of us are probably aware of the story where Fine Gael's website was hacked by 4chan due to the fact that they were severely altering or removing comments.
It now appears the same is going on with their official facebook page
FINE GAEL has defended its decision to delete comments being posted to the Wall of its official Facebook page, after hundreds of users took to the site to protest the party’s position on gay marriage.
The party has come under attack in recent days after repeated assertions by Dublin South East candidate Lucinda Creighton, who said her opposition to full gay marriage – in contrast to her support of the Civil Partnership Bill – was in line with the party’s own policies.
Hundreds of users have registered their disgust on the Fine Gael page, with a sustained wave of comments being posted on its Wall this evening – only for some of the comments to then be deleted by its administrators, prompting some to claim that their opinions were being ‘censored’.
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This evening a spokesman said there was a “very straightforward explanation” for the moderation policy on the Facebook page – and insisted that only “abusive comments” were being removed, in line with the policy of the group that manages the Fine Gael page.
“It’s the policy that, when it becomes apparent there’s a coordinated attack from – very obviously – the same sources, given it’s a forum for open discussion, we consciously free up space for other people to have their say.”
Comments which raised issue with the party’s policies on any matter, the spokesman added, would “absolutely” be left online if they were not deemed abusive.
While looking at the page now it appears some people have jumped on the bandwagon just to have a go at the party from the comments and screenshots posted on thejournal.ie it seems Fine Gael don't want to answer questions relating to their stance on stag hunting, gay marriage and abortion.
I've asked civil questions of my own there now and I hope they will be answered in a factual and informative way as If a potential new government gets elected on the back of allegations of cover up's and lies I think my faith in this country will have been killed for sure.
On another note, Even if some of these comments are not so eloquently put what sort of example does this send to the young people of the country who's only interaction with this political party may be through social media and when they do show an interest in politics and would like to ask something it's simply erased:mad::mad:
http://www.thejournal.ie/fine-gael-defends-deletion-of-abusive-facebook-comments-2011-2/#slide-slideshow6http://www.facebook.com/FineGaelParty
