Sample Letter to Google

This is the letter I sent to Google.

Feel free to change it and use it to write to Google about their decision to ban SF Indymedia:

To Whom it May Concern:
I am deeply concerned about your banning of the San Francisco Indymedia site from your news archives.

This is clearly politically motivated and is very troubling.

In a time when average Americans need to be exposed to as many differing viewpoints as possible about the Middle East, you have chosen to silence a significant source for viewpoints which run contrary to conventional wisdom. This comes at a perilous time as Americans need all the uncensored information they can get about the region and our policies towards it in order to hold their officials accountable.

SF Indymedia is distinguished by the fact that its articles are from a wide array of sources and are contributed by the readers of the site in an attempt to share information which is usually ignored or misrepresented in the mainstream media.

A free press is essential for a democracy to function properly. Your banning of this site is just one more blow to a smoothly functioning democracy in this country because people will have one less source to get the information they need in order to vote their conscience on US Foreign Policy towards the Middle East. And in turn, this bodes badly for the rest of the world.

Sincerely,
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