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Google Shuts Down Anti-Obama Blogs on Blogger

Posted By: ankitrawat 370 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://ankitrawat.com)
Category: Google Other

Seems like Google has joined the forces with Barack Obama campaign and now they are shutting down anti-obama Blogspots blogs.

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from Harith 370 days ago #

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"Seems like Google has joined the forces with Barack Obama campaign"

Very wise decision, indeed :-)

from genuwine4532 370 days ago #

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Are we still in America? Or is this Nazi Germany in 1940?

from dannysullivan 370 days ago #

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Well, the blog was temporarily closed from having new posts so Google could investigate a spam report. That's much different than it being closed because it was anti-Obama. It might be that someone who is pro-Obama is reporting a number of anti-Obama blogs this way. If so, that's an issue -- but it's still not the same as screaming censorship.

from ankitrawat 370 days ago # - show/hide this comment

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I'm somewhat agreed with you Danny .... but i highly dobt as its not easy as you can see http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=18109
As of now no one got the access back !!

from g1smd 369 days ago #

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Hmmm. Land of the Free.

Not really.

from NickWilsdon 369 days ago #

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"All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best."

Most likely explanation is that other pro-Obama supporters reported this blog as spam and the wheels got put in motion. The owner responded to the email and the site was reactivated (it's online again now). Where's the story?

from MikeDammann 367 days ago #

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You also need to take into consideration that an individual Google employee may have been biased due to his own political convictions. That should not happen in any corporation no matter which side you may take politically, but it does happen, especially in a heated election year.