The Case of the Missing Web PagePre-election squabble raises questions about high-tech arbiters of free speech in this Facebook/MySpace era.
By Kara Platoni
Article Published Nov 29, 2006
These are the facts in the Case of the Missing Web Page: The week before the election, a Cal student put up a page on Facebook.com criticizing Berkeley City Council candidate George Beier, an advertiser on the site. Three times that week, the student's page was removed. Why? How? Facebook ain't talkin'.
Tech-savvy politicians realize that one of the best ways to reach young voters now is through social-networking sites such as the Palo Alto-based Facebook.com. Geared toward students, it lets them post profiles, link to friends, and set up "groups" — pages about topics that interest them. All the candidates from Districts 7 and 8, which cover the campus, were on the site, either with paid ads, groups run by student supporters or, for the Cal alums, their own profiles.
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I'm pretty happy with this story. I think it is pretty accurate to what happened and fair to both myself and Mr. Beier.
I'm working on a few projects, I'll write alittle more up on this when I have the chance.
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Awesome. I bet it was a pretty interesting experience to be the subject of a story.
Yeah it was. It was more nice that the author didn't misquote me and accurately conveyed my point of view.
Most of my dealing with the press have been with the Cloyne Court Pot cookie incident or things such as that.
This felt more of a think piece and I enjoyed that. Instead of it being part of the 'freakshow' of media.
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