news.com.com — Thousands of LiveJournal customers are rebelling against the company's recent decision to censor hundreds of sex-themed discussion groups, a broad swath that has led to the removal of literary critiques and fan-written fiction about Harry Potter.
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halleyscometMay 31, 2007
The headline misses the REAL meat of the story. This isn't about some Harry Potter / Draco slash fic being deleted.<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/tech_news/LiveJournal_deletes_hundreds_of_illegal_rape_survivor_LGBTQ_communities">http://digg.com/tech_news/LiveJournal_deletes_hundreds_of_illegal_rape_survivor_LGBTQ_communities</a>"LiveJournal deleted all journals containing "illegal" key-words in the journal or community interests. Rape-survivor and incest-survivor groups, BSDM groups, and Lolita (the book) literary groups disappeared, along with hundreds of personal journals. Users are (predictably) outraged."LiveJournal decided to delete groups for survivors of sexual abuse to "Protect the Children."Something tells me I won't be renewing my paid LJ membership.Anyone else remember when AOL, at the height of their popularity, banned searches that contained the word "Breast" only to effectively shut down all Breast Cancer related AOL groups in the process?