This comment – written and sent in by Jay-Q, one of our readers – was censored by the Guardian. Which of the well-publicised CiF “community standards” did it breach?





The article was published at 6.00am this morning – May 1st – its comment section was closed by noon. Removed comment, posted under the opinion piece “The ruins I saw in Syria stand as a rebuke to western inaction” The article was published at 6.00am this morning – May 1st – its comment section was closed by noon.



Screen shot of where it used to be:

Does it “misrepresent the Guardian and its journalists”?

Is it “persistent trolling or mindless abuse”?

Is it “spam-like”? Or “obviously commercial”?

Is it “racism, sexism, homophobia or hate-speech”?

Is it “extremely offensive of threatening?”?

Is it “flame-wars based on ingrained partisanship or generalisations”?

Is it not “relevant”?

If none of the above – why was it taken down?