Internet Scofflaw

A Brazilian judge has ordered Brazilian ISPs to block access to a blog hosted at WordPress.com. Since all WordPress blogs share the same IP, the order amounts to a total ban on WordPress blogs (including Internet Scofflaw). Unfortunately, Brazil is establishing a record of such draconian censorship actions; two years ago Brazil banned YouTube for days.

To their credit, WordPress has refused to censor the blog themselves. This makes them better than Google (which owns Blogger).

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