I am very sad to report that we have been hit by a major disaster.
As you will be aware JockSpank was originally set up as a Blogger blog which is a part of Google. As a result, for many years large numbers of the images were posted via my Google account. When this new site was set up, the images were transported across from Google, as embedded images.
This week, without warning, Google deleted my account, alleging they had found “Harmful content”. They have not told me what that “Harmful Content” is, but I can only assume it is something which was posted to JockSpank, as that was really all I used the account for.
The result is that huge sections of our archive, representing many hundreds of hours of work and personal effort have vanished. Most of what what was posted prior to 2016 and some more recent images has been lost
This is a huge personal blow, and very damaging to JockSpank as a Historical archive.
I have, of course, appealed, but Google are not famous for responding in these circumstances.
This is further evidence, if we needed it of how fragile and vulnerable our online existence is when using technology and social media.
I will keep you informed
