Discussion forum censorship on The Daily Mail?

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I'm getting a little fed up with the Daily Mail website.  This is something that happens to me quite a lot and I believe it also happens on other discussion forums out there.  When I see an article that is of interest to me I'll often want to add a comment, but on some of the stories they are censored even though what I'm saying is a valid point.  Why does this happen?

One story appeared recently saying that there is research out saying chest x-rays are not always successful in diagnosing early stage lung cancer and that some patients may need to go back for further x-rays.

Did my comment on the forum get published?

Someone commented that this is yet more evidence that the NHS was a complete failure.  As an x-ray student I thought I'd reply and put the message straight.

I said that this is a piece of research which is pointing out that our current methods of diagnosing lung cancer are not always successful and should be taken on board so we can improve best practice.  Did my comment on the forum get published?  No, of course it didn't!

Personally, I feel that there is far too much censorship today and that otherwise valid, sensible and relevant points of view are being ignored.

I read a while back on The Daily Mail says that 'education standards are falling.'  Well, if they are going to encourage incorrect viewpoints on their website and not publish anything from anyone who looks like they know what they're talking about, I'm not surprised that people are lacking in the grey cells department!

By: James

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Tony44

Now that the DM have introduced a new comments section from a third party called Openweb. This is an AI generated moderation and censorship like nothing ever seen before on the DM. Openweb is anything but open, and it is going to drive a lot of people away from the DM. It can detect if a user has multiple accounts and can also cross reference the same user with a different provider using their same platform. They also collect information on users and share it with Facebook who keeps a list of people they have banned. When I saw Openweb, I got my DM pofile removed from the site, as I won't be sharing my data with Openweb.

27/03 Tony44

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Banana

Ditto, it happens to me all the time too and I wouldn't mind but I see worse comments than I make and I don't put anything vile or abusive in there but if my comments are even remotely seemingly anti-woke or even if they are just opinions and not insults or anything like that then they are not posted. If an article has Meghan Markle in it or something wokey then not a hope any of my perfectly valid and politely put comments don't get posted. It's ridiculous. If a rag like the Daily Mail is censoring comments what hope do we have?

05/03 Banana

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VileDM

I can't stand that vile, anti free speech, gutter rag. Hopefully the editor and staff will be prosecuted one day

19/01 VileDM

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Private Person

They censor me all the time too. I dared reference a Ministry of Justice Report and United Nations investigation they clearly want kept quiet. The main stream media has an agenda. If your opinions don't match it, you're censored.

17/12 Private Person

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Bankrupt the DM

Repulsive rag, full of censorship and disgusting bias. The dm sums up everything wrong with the uk

12/12 Bankrupt the DM

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Digi99

They shaddow ban me all the time. I'm not breaking the house rules so they can't ban me outright but instead they regular disable my comments for a few days. I take advantage of this to talk directly to the dm. I aim most of my comments to them. I out them for all sorts of shenanigins. For example their hatred of the xl bully breed. They kept calling them mutants at one point. I posted several comments on about have these dogs been confirmed by scientists as having genetic mutations? No? Then they can't use that word. None of those comments got published obviously but they suddenly dropped the mutant part lol. Then there's the speculative could, might, maybe articles that are passed off as fact to suit an agenda. They basically willingly print lies to manipulate the masses on a regular basis. They make insane leaps of logic if it suits their agenda. The reason they get away with this is because they declare it as speculative or opinion. Whenever there's a bad news day for the tories, they post multiple "speculative" articles about labour to get the masses off the tories back and back hating labour again. They are so manipulative. How the hell do they get away with it?

29/11 Digi99

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soton

daily mail is a rag not fit for wiping your arse with!

12/11 soton

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Truther

This comment section is also controlled and censored, exactly the same as the DM

21/09 Truther

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Deedee

I was also deactivated by the mail online and I have NO idea why

22/08 Deedee

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Scum mail

Hopefully the editor and staff will be jailed one day. They are everything that is wrong with britain today. Scum

21/08 Scum mail

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Billbo uk

How often do we see this phrase "Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article." on stories that they know, will anger people? Censorship done on a massive scale. The DM, is not as "free speech" as they like to proclaim...

19/08 Billbo uk

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Eyes wide open

This disgusting rag is currently manipulating comments on the trump trial. They seriously expect us to believe that every reader is suddenly pro pedo biden and supports left wing tyranny.

There is more chance of the guardian supporting the tories than daily mail readers supporting pedo biden.

Why are people so sheepish and dumb? It's terrifying to watch democracy get trampled on like this by these vile lefties

04/08 Eyes wide open

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daveyo

I was censored by the mail years ago for the phrase W. flight and haven't been able to comment since

27/07 daveyo

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Ghost

It's not even trying to be subtle about the censorship at this point. Any story that is to do with a "worthy" cause will let literally just a couple of comments through, if that many. Subjects off limits for discussion of any kind include race, migration, lgbtq+, disability and various celebrities who the Mail have deemed nessecary to "protect" from any sort of non-praise. It's got to the point where they may as well remove the ability to comment entirely so readers at least aren't fooled into wasting their time thinking they have a right of reply. Even comments that agree with the article or are supportive towards the subject often do not get through the moderators, it is madness. I have given up. When a platform that continues to shout from the rooftops about cancel culture and freedom of speech behaves in the way MailOnline currently does, it's bizarro world. Can't reason with that.

21/07 Ghost

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daveyo

Can only comment on science.. weird lot that DM

13/07 daveyo

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