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                                  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] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog: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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