Do Guardian
Howls of protest as web gurus attempt to banish bad behaviour from blogosphere
Opinion divided over code of conduct meant to rid postings of offensive and abusive comments
Ed Pilkington in New York
Tuesday April 10, 2007
The GuardianPerhaps it was inevitable. When two leading internet pioneers came together this week to propose a set of guidelines that would filter out offensive and abusive comments from blogs, they were met by a torrent of offensive and abusive comments.