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Oompa | 11 years ago

> Github has been known to remove files and repositories simply because employees don't like them, despite them not actually breaking any ToS.

Do you have any source on that?

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Liru|11 years ago

Sure. The two most popular examples are the C Plus Equality repo and the Operation Disrespectful Nod repo, which were a satirical programming language and a Gamergate resource list for contacting advertisers, respectively.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/12/14/1618239/github-takes...

https://pipedot.org/story/2014-10-04/github-staff-jake-boxer...

Oompa|11 years ago

Wait so Jake Boxer responding on Twitter to Nexxy is considered proof that he removed it? I don't think that holds up.

aliakhtar|11 years ago

Github is a private company, and they have every right to remove misogynist content if they don't want to be associated with it.