RedJournal

By now it's probably all over the place that SixApart sold LiveJournal to a Russian company [1] and there's been a lot of commentary [2] over the move, both apprehensive and negative.

I don't really have a stake in this horse, seeing how I run my own site [3] and everything, but I do have to wonder—would SUP [4] (owners of LiveJournal [5] and supporter of Putin [6]) censor posts (or even accounts) that said stuff like “Putin is a lying, corrupt scumbag politician who should be thrown into jail, much like he's done to his opponents [7].”? Not terribly far-fetched [8] if you ask me.

Granted, it may be the Russian government wanted control of the Russian LiveJournal [9], but sometimes, it pays to be prudent [10].

=> [1] http://news.livejournal.com/104520.html | [2] http://community.livejournal.com/lj_2008/ | [3] /boston/2007/05/31.1 | [4] http://www.sup.com/en/ | [5] http://www.livejournal.com/ | [6] http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/new_media/livejournals_kremlin_links_69992.asp | [7] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-112407moscow,1,3248218.story | [8] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/27/AR2007102701384_pf.html | [9] http://demiurgent.livejournal.com/202803.html | [10] http://columbina.livejournal.com/140608.html

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