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220 Points
Censoring of reviews
I have noticed that when someone posts a review of a film, and part of the review is about casting, IMDB refuses to publish it if it deviates from accepted ideology. Now I get that they have to have rules, and you can't just break laws or defame anyone indiscriminately. But when you are reviewing a film, sometimes there might be uncomfortable things that need to be said. But IMDB is deliberately censoring those things simply because of ideology. That to me is a dangerous move against freedom of speech, and after many hundreds of contributions I have written, I feel it's becoming more difficult to say what you think of a film because of this censoring.
jean_morel
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1.4K Points
2 months ago
Maybe give some examples of the type of things you say that you believe get your reviews rejected.
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Fran
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2.9K Messages
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30K Points
2 months ago
Hello HankOn, User reviews, positive or negative, that are detected or reported to be in violation of our user review guidelines are routinely rejected or deleted. This applies to reviews for any title regardless of content, topic, country of origin or expressed viewpoint. The detection of unusual review activity consistent with an organized intent to manipulate perception of a title (i.e. so-called "review bombing") triggers additional safeguards, which may include temporarily pausing the display of new and existing reviews while we investigate to ensure that these comments accurately represent genuine customer sentiment rather than the viewpoint of any particular group or special interest.
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MovieCat
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11.3K Points
2 months ago
Why don't you post the review here so the curious can see what's going down in groove town?
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