No, it's not complicated provided we wear blinkers. But what if we bring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the debate?
Article 19.
I'm no legal eagle, but are there grounds whereby the owners of this website may say "though your information is correct and you do not contravene British law, you may not state it here"? Isn't that censorship and a breach of a person's rights? I can readily see your point, but people's names, their date of birth and their parents' names is not private information. Neither are their addresses. It is all available to the general public, not least here on the internet. Wouldn't it be more civilized to censure people for being abusive or offensive to each other while hiding behind pseudonyms? Isn't that the reason behind the policy of not disclosing the information to which you object in the first place?
- Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Of course, in practical terms if you prevent someone from posting on here they'll probably not contest it. Maybe next time I'm near Hyde Park I'll start a barney about freedom of expression.
This is like a 'private club' with it's own rules ...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - where it does apply if we are a signatory (like the ECHR) only applies to government agencies (or their appointees)
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