According to the Italian press ( here and here for example) The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) is considering to obscure the site of the institute and all the data related to earthquakes in Italy.
The reason is to prevent them from being distorted, manipulated and used to create unjustified fears. Among the main causes of alarms without reason, there are journalists looking for scoops. Many comments in the network (you can look at the sites of major Italian newspapers to get an idea) in what looks like a provocation by the mouth of the president of the INGV Italian geologists, Enzo Boschi.
Woods's statement can be understood as a reaction to a situation exacerbated after the Eagle, especially by the fact that some continue to insist that earthquakes can be predicted when the whole community international scientific claims that currently it is not.
Reduce the transparency and access to data is not the solution. What is happening on the communication about earthquakes in Italy is an example of the crucial functions that can and must do an independent and expert scientific journalism.
Science journalism is still too little and thought of as mere disclosure as hub of conflict and power relations in the knowledge society. We must think of new narratives of science journalism to prevent the need for information about the context of production of research and the ethical and social implications of science is occupied by those who are not competent or has interests different from information.
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