Irish Political News

I’m delighted to announce two new Internet Awards for services beyond the call of duty in the area of suppression of Free Expression on the Internet in the UK. The inaugural Bear-Faced Usmanov for internet bullying is awarded to Joseph Chikelue Obi, while the first Double Headed Schilling for being a soft-touch goes to Netcetera - The Occasional Internet Host. The Bear-Faced Usmanov is for extreme efforts in closing down websites which are criticising you by threat without evidence. Meanwhile The Double Headed Schilling is awarded to webhosts who roll over before such threats. The first awards are in connection with the case of Joseph Chikelue Obi and the Quackometer, with internet hosting (sometimes) company Netcetera. The whole thing was documented by the Register, from where the text extracts below are quoted. Quack! Quack! Quackety-Quack! The Citation for Joseph Chikelue Obi “A discredited doctor has forced an ISP to silence a website that aimed to debunk claims made by his “Royal College of Alternative Medicine” (RCAM). The website, Quackometer, run by Oxfordshire IT worker Andy Lewis, was shuttered by ISP Netcetera on Monday following threats to sue for defamation from Joseph Chikelue Obi. Lewis recently targeted self-proclaimed professor, “Eminent Black British Human Rights Crusader” and “Undisputed Doyen of Medical Politics”, Joseph Chikelue Obi. Quackometer featured a series of articles lampooning claims made by RCAM in its blog section. Obi describes himself as the provost of RCAM, a Dublin-based “empowerment body for advanced wellness consultants”. (more…) Previous in series