[AISWorld] Censorship in academia - Censorship is not the answer!

[Robert Willis]

I heartily agree.
Dr Robert Willis
Professor
Faculty of Management
Vancouver Island University
Nanaimo British Columbia
Canada

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From: Joseph Davis<mailto:joseph.davis at sydney.edu.au>
Sent: ‎2017-‎01-‎28 4:29 PM
To: Nima Kordzadeh<mailto:n.kordzadeh at gmail.com>; Hefley, William<mailto:William.Hefley at utdallas.edu>
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Subject: Re: [AISWorld] Censorship in academia - Censorship is not the answer!

I would urge the ECIS 2017 conference organisers to reinstate the comment on the AIS Facebook page.  The central issue here is not where the conference is but that a certain number of AIS community members based in the United States is affected by the executive order.  It is important that the affected academics have an opportunity through a forum like this to let the rest of the community know. This form of censorship should have no place in any AIS forum.

Joseph


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-----Original Message-----
From: AISWorld [mailto:aisworld-bounces at lists.aisnet.org] On Behalf Of Nima Kordzadeh
Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2017 8:28 AM
To: Hefley, William
Cc: aisworld at lists.aisnet.org
Subject: Re: [AISWorld] Censorship in academia

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

*--*

*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
>
> Bill Hefley, Ph.D., CDP, COP
> Clinical Professor
> Naveen Jindal School of Management
> The University of Texas at Dallas
> 800 West Campbell Rd., SM 33
> Richardson, TX 75080-3021
> Tel: 1-972-883-5006
> Office: JSOM 3.420
> Email: William.Hefley at utdallas.edu
> Books:
> http://www.amazon.com/William-E.-Hefley/e/B002D1CTD0/
> http://www.vanharen.us/index.php?route=product/search&filter_name=Hefl
> ey
>
>
> Faculty Advisor, Project Management Club Member, Academic Senate
> Member, Academic Council
>
>
>
>
>
> 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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