\u201cYour ads got disabled as the language of your website is unfortunately an unsupported language,\u201d an e-mail from Google\u2019s AdSense support team states.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Praag founder Dan Roodt also told MyBroadband that he was informed by Google that they will discontinue their advertising because the website was in Afrikaans.<\/p>\n
Roodt said that he was unaware of any problems related to hate speech until MyBroadband asked for comment. \u201cGoogle has not sent us any notification concerning such issues,\u201d said Roodt.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are committed to freedom of speech but also publishing responsibly within the law and ethical norms. Up to now, we have not received any complaints from readers or members of the public either,\u201d said Roodt.<\/p>\n
The Praag website has been accused of racism and hate speech on its discussion forums by the Facebook-group \u201cSpeak Out Against the Website Praag\u201d.<\/p>\n
Thank you for your action so far. Unfortunately the Google banner still appears on www.praag.org<\/p>\n
Please report the site to Google, so that this site generates no income.<\/p>\n
It’s against Google’s policies to have their banners on any site that promotes racism and hate towards specific groups of people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It would therefore not be surprising if Google decided to discontinue its Adsense service on the Praag website because of hate speech allegations.<\/p>\n
Roodt said that they stand to lose approximately R10,000 from this, and will seek appropriate remedies against those groups or individuals who are violating their rights with their campaign against them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this respect, we have also been a victim of a massive DDOS attack over the past few days, bringing our server down and taking our websites offline for approximately 24 hours,\u201d said Roodt.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will lay appropriate criminal charges concerning this cyber-attack as well as other ongoing attacks on us, our freedom of speech, as well as our right to publish in Afrikaans in South Africa and world-wide.\u201d<\/p>\n
Removing potential hate speech content<\/h3>\n
Roodt said that if they receive any request from Google to remove content, they will have to look at the specific content and whether removal is justified.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven the enormous presence of Google on the internet, we wish to maintain a cordial relationship with the global giant but would also have to balance its views against our own norms regarding freedom of speech in South Africa which is clearly under threat from extremist, anti-minority groups,\u201d said Roodt.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of these groups are openly advocating genocide against Afrikaners, especially farmers or they wish to expel Afrikaners from the country, eradicate Afrikaans, Afrikaans place names, and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n
More on Google and Praag<\/h3>\n
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