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February 15, 2006Posted on 02/15/2006 in Miscellaneous
Racist insults lead BBC to close messageboard
The BBC's Test Match Special messageboard has been closed today following a torrent of racist and abusive messages, as reported in today's Times:
Part of the site was suspended after the BBC received complaints that a number of users were sending insulting religious messages and promoting terrorism on the South Asian section of the Test Match Special website.A trail of messages described as “absolutely sickening and reprehensible” is being investigated by the BBC in an attempt to trace the authors.
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