[AISWorld] Censorship in academia

[Nima Kordzadeh]

Thanks for your response, Bill. I believe it has been done by the admin of
the AIS Facebook page as I received this private message from him/her after
my first try to leave a comment on that post: "The conference is in
Portugal not the US." I am not sure how this response is related to the
issue though. I responded to that private message and explained the
situation, but still my following comments on that post were instantly
deleted.

Best.
Nima

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*Nima Kordzadeh, Ph.D.*
Assistant Professor of Informatics
Southern AIS 2017 Program Chair

College of Business
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209-8020
Office: (208) 282-5731
kordnima at isu.edu

On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Hefley, William <
William.Hefley at utdallas.edu> wrote:

> An interesting question is buried behind your email.  Were the supposed
> deletions a conscious action by an AIS volunteer or staffer, or was it done
> by some admin or informatics (software or program) at Facebook?
>
> bill
>
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> On 1/28/17, 3:08 PM, "AISWorld on behalf of Nima Kordzadeh" <
> aisworld-bounces at lists.aisnet.org on behalf of n.kordzadeh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>     Dear colleagues,
>
>     As you may know, the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
> will
>     be held in Portugal in June 2017 and as a junior scholar, I would love
> to
>     attend that conference to learn what research projects my colleagues
> are
>     working on. I noticed that the AIS Facebook page has posted information
>     about that conference and has asked: "Have you made your plans to join
> us
>     in Portugal? ECIS 2017 will be fantastic." I left a comment on that
> post as
>     follows:
>
>     "I have not, because then I would be banned from coming back to the
> United
>     States, thanks to Trump's executive order."
>
>
>     That comment was deleted in five seconds apparently by the page admin.
> I
>     re-posted this:
>
>     "I have not, because then I would be banned from coming back to the
> United
>     States, thanks to Trump's executive order. (PLEASE DON'T DELETE THIS
>     MESSAGE LIKE YOU DID LAST TIME.)"
>
>
>     And it was deleted instantly again.
>
>     Given that we, the IS community, are supposed to study and promote the
> use
>     of social media channels for effective communication in business,
>     healthcare, education, etc., and to communicate our ideas, challenges,
> and
>     concerns, is it acceptable that we have such an obvious and extreme
> case of
>     censorship on the main social media page of our community? In general,
> is
>     censorship acceptable in academia?!
>
>     Your input would be greatly appreciated.
>
>     Kind regards,
>     Nima
>
>     *--*
>
>     *Nima Kordzadeh, Ph.D.*
>     Assistant Professor of Informatics
>     Southern AIS 2017 Program Chair
>
>     College of Business
>     Idaho State University
>     Pocatello, ID 83209-8020
>     Office: (208) 282-5731
>     kordnima at isu.edu
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