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Police Scotland accused of bias in battle over transgender rights

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PandorasMailbox · 31/01/2022 07:48

Better late than never I guess...

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c6297412-8223-11ec-b939-57ea9f594ba1?shareToken=300db08c191baf7e6d29bbfd8ee3f7c2

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Rhannion · 01/02/2022 12:25

Alex Massie is excellent on this.

boatyardblues · 01/02/2022 12:20

Wrong thread!

boatyardblues · 01/02/2022 12:20

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GettingMarriedAgain · 01/02/2022 12:18

I just clicked on the link in the OP and I can read the article - the comments are turned off though

Rhannion · 01/02/2022 12:18

There is train of thought that the US side of the publishers are scared of women and their comments! 😂

Rhannion · 01/02/2022 12:17

They can run, and hide but we have screenshots! And I am still getting notifications about it. The comments were excellent

BettyFilous · 01/02/2022 11:50

Interesting. I noticed it was still up yesterday evening but removed when I went to bed. I have not seen this before, a previous day’s comment staying live on the comment page for several days.

BaronMunchausen · 01/02/2022 11:33

@NonnyMouse1337

Maybe the Times legal team had some concerns over wording etc so they pulled the article and will reinstate it once it's been edited?

I thought at first it was just the comments that had been removed. Possibly because the police said most of them were 'hateful' (some police forces give "you cannot change biological sex" as an example of hate speech).

But it's the article as well. A big chunk of it quoted Fair Play for Women, which activists will tell them is a 'hate group'.

Igneococcus · 01/02/2022 11:16

Janice Turner's article from Saturday is back in the comments today though. Just putting this share token here for anybody who hasn't seen it yet:
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/8141114c-8071-11ec-8532-85a58274df7c?shareToken=7653d4cedf25fd04e52f37cf6c83206a

NonnyMouse1337 · 01/02/2022 11:15

Maybe the Times legal team had some concerns over wording etc so they pulled the article and will reinstate it once it's been edited?

BaronMunchausen · 01/02/2022 10:50

Yes, I get "This article has been removed" in my browser - the app must hold onto the cache for longer, as I can still read it in the app. Comments removed and disabled - though I had a comment approved at 1am this morning...

HaroldMeeker · 01/02/2022 10:32

I'm getting article removed messages. How fucking sinister can it get up here? Scottish government is busy pardoning the poor women murdered by the state in witch hunts 300 years ago, and lining up the next lot to be burned at the stake at the same time.
Come get me Nicola, you wee nyaff. Idngaf any more, you're a fucking disgrace to your sex.

Igneococcus · 01/02/2022 10:29

I can't get to it, I just get a site that this article has been removed. I get this message for both of the articles, one which I read before and the AM comment which I still saw on the Scotland page with the headline and when I clicked on it it went to the page saying it was removed.
I really want to know why.

GibbonsGoatsGibbons · 01/02/2022 10:28

@BaronMunchausen

It's still in there, but without any means of getting to it. At least I think it is - maybe it's just in my cache? www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c6297412-8223-11ec-b939-57ea9f594ba1?shareToken=38d2e6c928a32f000312509fcc25e675

All the comments have been removed.

I think it's in your cache as I just get as attached

Police Scotland accused of bias in battle over transgender rights

BaronMunchausen · 01/02/2022 10:07

All the comments have been removed.

334bu · 01/02/2022 08:28

Thanks for screen shots

Igneococcus · 01/02/2022 06:08

Thanks grumpy for the Alex Massie comment.

Selkiesarereal · 31/01/2022 22:13

I did see it in the mail earlier in which it quoted The Times article but can’t see it now but maybe it’s just dropped off their radar given all the other things going on right now.

DoubleYouOhEmAyEn · 31/01/2022 22:07

Very odd...

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 31/01/2022 22:03

That is very odd - it showed in the app for me, but when I refreshed both links just go to a Sue Gray article. Could just be a cock up with links as they were trying to get Sue Gray story out fast?

Redshoeblueshoe · 31/01/2022 22:01

Nothing to see here folks - move along now

Ereshkigalangcleg · 31/01/2022 21:58

Wow, no explanation?

GibbonsGoatsGibbons · 31/01/2022 21:52

Thank you to all the archivists

grumpyfeminist · 31/01/2022 21:49

Screengrab asap before they get zapped