The U.S. war on terror may have inadvertently stripped as many as 70,000 people of their blogs, but those bloggers may get their work returned to them.
Blogetery.com, a small blogging platform based in Toronto, was abruptly shut down on July 9 by Burst.net, its Web host, after FBI agents alleged Blogetery was home to links that led to bomb-making tips and the names of Americans targeted for assassination by al-Qaeda. Joe Marr, Burst.net's chief technology officer, said Wednesday that the company is considering its options and there's a chance executives there could hand over a copy of most of the information found on Blogetery's server--it won't be returning anything created by al-Qaeda. That means the service's users could see their blogs again. What they won't see is Burst.net hosting Blogetery in the future, said Marr. That relationship is severed.
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Blogetery.com, a small blogging platform based in Toronto, was abruptly shut down on July 9 by Burst.net, its Web host, after FBI agents alleged Blogetery was home to links that led to bomb-making tips and the names of Americans targeted for assassination by al-Qaeda. Joe Marr, Burst.net's chief technology officer, said Wednesday that the company is considering its options and there's a chance executives there could hand over a copy of most of the information found on Blogetery's server--it won't be returning anything created by al-Qaeda. That means the service's users could see their blogs again. What they won't see is Burst.net hosting Blogetery in the future, said Marr. That relationship is severed.
More: More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20011279-261.html