but why has there been a spate of disappearing education threads?

Guys, without risking hyperbole here, your actions are endangering the very existence of Mumsnet. Precisely because we've been more lax in allowing you have your say than other sites (because we tend to be sympathetic to the freedom of speech argument) we have attracted umpteen legal threats. When, because of those, we find it necessary (after as long a delay as possible) to delete your (potentially libelous) posts we are accused of shutting down freedom of speech. Now it seems we may be under attack from a strange group of internet hackers too because of being perceived to be pro-"alternative education". We've also been subject to a spate of nasty trolls from the same group we think.

We simply do not have the resources to cope (technically or legally).

We discussed all this some time ago and the majority of Mumsnetters were of the opinion that this discussion should be off the site. It's the internet for goodness sake so why not simply set up your own site and you can say anything you like under your own risk - make it search friendly and interested people will find it?

Do you really want to endanger Mumsnet which on the whole does a lot of good for a lot of people over your single issue because that's precisely what you're doing right now?

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but why has there been a spate of disappearing education threads?