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Changes on cmaq.net

Anonyme, Monday, July 14, 2003 - 13:00

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Following recent abuses of the public space offered by the Quebec Centre for Media Alternatives, changes to the function of the site and CMAQ’s editorial policy will be put into place in order to deal with the situation. The first change, effective immediately, consists of moving the link that leads to rejected articles (the dungeon) off the front page of the site in into the section that describes the editorial policy.

Following recent abuses of the public space offered by the Quebec Centre for Media Alternatives, changes to the function of the site and CMAQ’s editorial policy will be put into place in order to deal with the situation.

The first change, effective immediately, consists of moving the link that leads to rejected articles (the dungeon) off the front page of the site in into the section that describes the editorial policy. The goal of this change is to make this section less visible, as it has for some time been the location of many texts and comments attacking people and groups in a personal and hurtful way.

During the process of transformation, the problematic texts that end up in this section will no longer be freely accessible, with the goal of preserving the reputation and integrity of those attacked, and discouraging the unacceptable behavior of certain users.

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This is an alternative media using open publishing. The CMAQ collective, who validates the posts submitted on the Indymedia-Quebec, does not endorse in any way the opinions and statements and does not judge if the information is correct or true. The quality of the information is evaluated by the comments from Internet surfers, like yourself. We nonetheless have an Editorial Policy , which essentially requires that posts be related to questions of emancipation and does not come from a commercial media.