# Censorship in this forum **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta\ **Created:** [August 19, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/censorship-in-this-forum/10632 "2026-08-19T07:30:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/censorship-in-this-forum/10632/1 "2026-08-19T07:30:33Z")
As anyone who has done serious bike riding knows dog attacks are a serious problem. Yet my video link on pepper spraying them has been removed. How silly can one get ? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Hello, This is an automated message from Mapillary Community Forum to let you know that **[your post](https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.mapillary.com%2Ft%2Fpepper-spraying-dogs%2F10614%2F1&data=05%7C02%7C%7Caf189fa9532f46c94dd608defdbb0905%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639227176899943710%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WtyLuWTzTXZQPixT9SQ5uMIyBa4nSEbPLOKyG3APJ%2B8%3D&reserved=0 "Protected by Outlook: https://forum.mapillary.com/t/pepper-spraying-dogs/10614/1. Click or tap to follow the link.")** was removed. Your post was flagged as **off-topic** : the community feels it is not a good fit for the topic, as currently defined by the title and the first post. This post was flagged by the community and a staff member opted to remove it. ```auto https://youtu.be/T_zWLxFJ17s?si=gvlt-P4Fq_88BTpT&t=116 Smurf spray would not help. ``` ---
**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/censorship-in-this-forum/10632/2 "2026-08-20T18:45:50Z")
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**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/censorship-in-this-forum/10632/4 "2026-08-23T08:15:46Z")
Banning a safety video is an insult to those of us who have been attacked. ---
**Author:** ![koninklijke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/779978/32.png) [@koninklijke](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/koninklijke)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/censorship-in-this-forum/10632/5 "2026-08-23T08:55:36Z")
Dear @filipc , Please be advised that in Belgium use of pepperspray by ‘ordinary citizens’ (not: police and other specifically licensed officials) is illegal, although there is a movement that some people may in future be allowed to use this under specific circumstances; more info : [https://www.nieuwsblad.be/economie/advies-gevraagd.-mag-ik-pepperspray-meenemen-als-ik-een-avondje-ga-stappen/55643846.html](https://www.nieuwsblad.be/economie/advies-gevraagd.-mag-ik-pepperspray-meenemen-als-ik-een-avondje-ga-stappen/55643846.html) ; seems you inadvertently escaped prosecution by dint of the link to the video of (your?) in Belgium apparently illegal act being removed; one could of course point out that the video of someone using the spray was recorded in a jurisdiction where such use is permitted, you linked after a harrowing experience with a person who didn’t properly control a pet whose actions you then perceived as a threat, where the accompanying responsible human may even have incited the animal to act as a weapon; then there is the ‘cruelty to animals’ aspect: the dog may well have been trained to ‘defend’ the accompanying human being, thus is innocent, as it is acting on an (for it) irrepressible strong inner compulsion. With best regards, ---
**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/censorship-in-this-forum/10632/6 "2026-08-26T19:15:44Z")
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**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/censorship-in-this-forum/10632/7 "2026-08-30T08:50:57Z")
The secret way is so cruel they pray for pepperspray.