Comments on: Blog Censorship Gains Support

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 07:14:37 +0000

A further 72 percent favored censorship of personal information about celebrities, and 68 percent information about elected or appointed government officials such as judges or mayors. I wonder if that ‘personal information’ that 2/3 uninformed respondents would like to see limited would include ~~alleged~~ verfiable ciations for jusdicial misconduct? I’d like to see how the questions were framed … there’s a reason polling left to experts. For instance, if they asked about ‘sensitive persoanl information,’ wouldn’t you say that’s slightly skewing the results? I’d respond that *sensitive* inforamtion shouldn’t be posted, myself. But that’s not the same as ‘no information,’ and in the cases of judges and elected officials, I most certainly believe the public’s right to know outweighs their personal privacy insofar as it impacts their conduct or job performance.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:24:14 +0000

How many people would want others to put your address or “other personal information” on their blog? I wouldn’t. I rarely even put my last name on the internet.

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wabson » Blog Archive » 10k — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:40:00 +0000

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By: Zo

Zo — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:52:56 +0000

Wouldn’t blogging be boring if you could expose people & then proceed to make fun of them?! Seriously.

By: Andy Skelton

Andy Skelton — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:43:14 +0000

I wouldn’t call that ‘censorship gaining support’. It’s bad enough c|net uses exaggerated shock-media titles for news entries; you don’t have to follow suit.

By: Mike Little

Mike Little — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:07:34 +0000

Since when did 2,500 Hostway visitors represent the views of 293 million Americans?
To extrapolate ‘Most Americans’ from 2000 respondants is laughable!
None of this is any different from the laws concerning (and I should imagine peoples general opinion of) any other form of publishing.
It’s a non story backed by some dubious numbers!

By: Faisal

Faisal — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:46:52 +0000

The web will never be censored.

[knock on wood]

By: Denis de Bernardy

Denis de Bernardy — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:18:40 +0000

This story reminds me of a slashdot entry on e-scrabble. It is irrelevant: If a country or a hosting company censors your celeb zoo porn blog, spare yourself trouble and host it elsewhere.