"one thing about the internet is that nothing is really kept hidden away forever".
O.K. So the FBI Stepped in and informed BurstNet that it's Blog hosting service was hosting a site that was being used by Al Qaida sympathizers who had a running list of Americans and bomb making Techniques .
Why did they shut down their whole service ?
Usually you would shut down the offending site , but this time , They decided to lump everyone together and terminate service to over 70,000 blogs .
Sumpthin be fishy here (FBI)
BBC
A web hosting company has said it shut down a blogging platform that was home to over 70,000 bloggers because a "link to terrorist material" and an al-Qaeda "hit list" was posted to the site.
BurstNet said Blogetery.com also posted "bomb-making instructions".
The company said it acted after receiving "a notice of a critical nature from law enforcement officials".
But the move has angered bloggers who use the platform and say they were given no notice of the shutdown.
In response Blogetery.com said its server had been "terminated without any notification or explanation."
The site added that it is trying to resolve the situation.
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BurstNet defended its position.
"The posted material, in addition to potentially inciting dangerous activities, specifically violated the BurstNet acceptable use policy" said the web host firm.
BurstNet also claimed that the site had a history of previous abuse.
The news blog Cnet.com reported that officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) told BurstNet on 9 July that al-Qaeda materials had been found on Blogetery's servers.
It also claimed that material allegedly found on the server included "the names of American citizens targeted for assassination by al-Qaeda" as well as messages from Osama bin Laden and other leaders of the terrorist organisation.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Blog shut down over terrorist material posted on site
Saturday, June 26, 2010
China bans 2.3m PLA soldiers from blogging
Another round of censorship from China , Now the PLA has been forbidden to create or work on a Blog , In or out of Uniform.
BBC
China has banned its 2.3 million soldiers from internet blogging, state media report.
A new regulation prohibits the People's Liberation Army (PLA) from creating websites or blogs, citing confidentiality concerns, the official Xinhua news agency says.
China operates vast internet censorship, dubbed the "great firewall of China".
Websites deemed sensitive by the government are routinely blocked.
"Soldiers cannot open blogs on the internet no matter (whether) he or she does it in the capacity of a soldier or not," Xinhua quoted Wan Long, a political commissar of the PLA, as saying.
"The internet is complicated and we should guard against online traps".
The directive, which went into effect on 15 June, also banned military employees from placing job-hunting or lonely hearts advertisements in the media.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Obama Tells Dems: Turn off CNN, Turn off Fox
Obama makes a bit of a point here ,
"Just turn off the TV -- MSNBC, blogs -- and just go talk to folks out there, instead of being in this echo chamber where the topic is constantly politics.
Yes , all politicians should get out amongst the people , That is where they are going to hear what is really going on in the Country (Providing they talk to the real people )
But it is funny how on one hand he says to turn off CNN , FOX and MSNBC and to also not read Blogs !
And on the other hand he tells them what news to listen to ,( Liberal Friendly , And Not listed )
It just goes to show how the Dumocrats , really don't want to hear what the reality of how things really are , and that they look at the U.S. as something they believe they are the Owners of !
Foxnews
At today's question and answer session between President Obama and his former Democratic colleagues in the Senate, members got a bit of unexpected TV-viewing advice from the Commander in Chief: stop watching politics on TV.
Perhaps he’d prefer they tune into WhiteHouse.gov?
The president’s advice came in answer to a question from Sen. Mike Bennet, D-CO, who is facing a difficult re-election fight back home and wanted to know what Democrats and Republicans can do "to fix this institution so that our democracy can actually withstand the test that we're facing right now."
"You know what I think would actually make a difference, Michael? I think if everybody here -- excuse all the members of the press who are here -- if everybody here turned off your CNN, your Fox, your blogs," Obama said, before being interrupted by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA, who piped up, "And MSNBC!"
Obama, appropriately reminded of the network with shows more friendly to liberals, continued, "Just turn off the TV -- MSNBC, blogs -- and just go talk to folks out there, instead of being in this echo chamber where the topic is constantly politics. ... It is much more difficult to get a conversation focused on how are we going to help people than a conversation about how is this going to help or hurt somebody politically."
