VITAMEDIAS
Germany's first online newspaper shuts forum: The Taz forum has been managed by volunteering editors and journalists of the paper who have in the past, engaged in an ongoing debate about censorship and the protection of others against sexism, racism and other delicate issues.
In a statement on the site, the newspaper explains: "We do not have the staff and assets to guarantee a professional moderation of the forum...Despite a precise definition of such words as defamatory, sexist, racist and so on, there will always be a grey zone. In recent months, unjustified complaints from former and present visitors of the forum have increased to such an amount that we and the directly involved journalists cannot tolerate this any longer."