The trials of removing disinformation from Bluehost

Here’s a company that seems to protect sploggers and disinformation spreaders: Bluehost. One of the disinformation splogs had a Cloudflare account, which hid their real host. I filed a DMCA report, as this splogger was stupid enough to use my photo. These seem to get through the Cloudflare system better than things classified as ‘other’. […]

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Semrush finally explains how my (unspaced) name wound up in their system

Posting on Reddit has elicited something from Semrush, with Vic on their team writing this in response to me.     Hi Jack, sorry for any confusion—I’ve been discussing the case with my team internally to make sure we’re all on the same page. Our system aims to predict trends using various signals, but sometimes […]

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Signing up on Seller Central: another Amazon swindle

I thought I’d look at selling the Autocade Yearbook through Amazon, since people who visit the site are in the mood for shopping. Against all my instincts, I’d bite the bullet and make bloody Jeff even richer. But the whole sign-up process is a swindle. Here’s what I sent to them. Hello there:   I […]

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‘No more black spots’ is music to the white supremacist

  A message I sent to the former Vodafone New Zealand: Everything is OK except the messages you’re promoting! I know you’ve already heard the feedback that you share your name with a white supremacist organization, and you shrugged it off. OK, maybe we can put this down to a marketing company that didn’t do […]

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Pirates must love GoDaddy

If you are a pirate, then GoDaddy seems to be the place to host. Last November, we spotted three stolen articles on the sephari.co.nz domain, which appears to be hosted by GoDaddy. I filed two DMCA notices, to no avail. They were in the standard format, one that GoDaddy requests and has acted on in […]

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A dodgy 2000s’ UK spam list is still doing the rounds in 2022, pretending to be legit

  During February, I received spam from Novuna in the UK, the finance company that’s a subsidiary of Mitsubishi. It wasn’t personally addressed, it was just a general message. I complained via their complaints’ email, only to have the message bounce back as it wasn’t working. However, they did respond on Twitter, unlike less caring […]

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On Lucire’s locked Twitter account: they’re still doing sweet F. A.

Pixabay Twitter, after having done sweet F. A. about Lucire’s locked account, and failing to provide any response since the last lot of evidence was sent to them on the 4th ult., wrote this to me today: After reviewing the reported account, it appears that this issue may have been resolved. Please reply to this […]

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Amazon: as dodgy as the rest of them

Jane Pendry in the UK Tweeted this in response to a Tweet about Amazon, and I had to reply: Refuse to use them. They breached my data and have a policy of blaming the customer. — Jane Pendry (@senseabilityUK) November 26, 2021 Agreed. They claim I let someone into my Associates' account as their reason […]

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Twitter continues playing silly buggers—are they illiterate?

Pixabay It’s hard to believe, but Twitter is far, far worse than Facebook when it comes to straightening things out.    They’ve now asked for my ‘government-issued ID’ thrice and I’ve provided it thrice. It meets all their criteria.    This is the latest bollocks: Hello, We’re writing to let you know that we’re unable […]

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Twitter responds in the “helpful” way you’d expect from Big Tech

I finally heard from Twitter regarding Lucire’s locked account: Hello, Thank you for your report. Your request is still pending, and in an earlier response, we’d requested more information that we need to continue the review.    If you still need assistance, reply to this email with those details. If the issue has already been […]

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