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Comment by Oompa | Hacker News Reader

> Github has been known to remove files and repositories simply because employees don't like them, despite them not actually breaking any ToS.

Do you have any source on that?

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Sure. The two most popular examples are the C Plus Equality repo and the Operation Disrespectful Nod repo, which were a satirical programming language and a Gamergate resource list for contacting advertisers, respectively.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/12/14/1618239/github-takes...

https://pipedot.org/story/2014-10-04/github-staff-jake-boxer...

Wait so Jake Boxer responding on Twitter to Nexxy is considered proof that he removed it? I don't think that holds up.

It's not proof that _he_ necessarily removed it, but considering it wasn't brought down by the actual repo maintainer, and that any repos created to replace it by other users at the time were taken down as well, it's a safe assumption that someone at GH did.

There's several more sources regarding this, but I'm on a terrible mobile connection at the moment. Googling around will get you a bit more info for the story.

All the sources I've seen just show the tweets and then go on to say how he went rogue and removed the repository. Seems like a really weak argument.

Github is a private company, and they have every right to remove misogynist content if they don't want to be associated with it.

Way to completely miss the point and spin it in a different direction.

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