MySpace Censorship Hits Kids in Toronto?

The article “MySpace Censorship Hits Kids in Toronto? is a blog that deals with the MySpace censorship controversy. In the article, a queer arts rock group Kids On TV had an account on MySpace, but without even being notified as to why, their account was deleted from MySpace. They were sent a very non-descriptive letter as to the reason for their account being deleted. According to the lead singer of KOTV, John Caffery, MySpace deleted their account because MySpace is against homosexuals.

However we have a theory that recently (and in the past) MySpace has been deleting accounts simply because they represent radical views, and express those views in images, video, and music.

Because Rupert Murdoch, the owner of MySpace, once said that homosexuality is wrong, it is now believed that that view is being carried over into his company policies. Because Murdoch is homophobic, now MySpace is homophobic. I have a hard time buying it. First of all, I think that it is well within Murdoch’s right to censor whomever and whatever he wants. He owns it, it is his property rights to censor it. That being said, I also think that MySpace should warn those who they are going to censor before hand. MySpace should let their users know what they are doing wrong and give them a chance to fix it before they go ahead and delete their account. If the user does not fix it, then MySpace may certainly go ahead and delete their account.

To call Murdoch homophobic is one thing, but to call MySpace homophobic is a completely different thing. Now maybe it is my naivety, but I would think that it is extremely hard to enforce homophobic rules in an organization as large as MySpace. While Murdoch may be homophobic, he is still a businessman and I would think that he has the ability to separate his personal feelings from business policies. But then again this may just be me.