Editing CouchSurfing censorship (section)

== Membership revoked ==
There have been minor cases throughout the years but since the for profit "conversion" in 2011 these have increased, going as far as deletion without notice of 2 ambassadors in early 2013. Two very active members of communities in [[Berlin]] and [[Chicago]] were removed from the site. Both members had been quite vocal about the migration from city groups to "places" in which all threads had been deleted (which could be classified as censorship, especially given that there's no way to easy way retrieve old posts) and the consequences for [[safety]]. Also some normal members (not ambassadors) have been removed, there's another case in Berlin, and one in the South of France.

CSHQ has claimed these members have all been deleted for valid reasons but refuses to make any statements about what specifically these people have done.

Here's an incomplete list.
* D.S. from Berlin
* JVH from Chicago
* El. from Berlin
* ''please add more if you know of someone being deleted - don't put full names unless you were deleted yourself and you don't mind your full name showing up here''


* A few months after his profile removal, D.S. was "''invited back by the CEO''" [https://www.couchsurfing.org/n/threads/berlin-berlin-germany--25]