70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement 
ReadWriteWeb
Blogetery, a Wordpress platform, has seen its entire community shut down by its host, BurstNET. Subsequent statements by BurstNET indicated that the service was suspended at the request of an unidentified law enforcement agency.

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Mystery shrouds closures of blog, forum platforms
CNET (Media Maverick)


Update (7.20.2010)
Bomb-making tips, hit list behind Blogetery closure 
CNET
 More details are surfacing about why Blogetery.com, a blogging platform that claimed to service more than 70,000 blogs, was mysteriously booted from the Internet by its Web-hosting company. 


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Shutdown of Blogging Site Sparks Dispute 
New York TimesA free blogging site, Blogetery.com, went dark less than two weeks ago, and its disappearance is stirring controversy about the obligations of Internet services and threats to free speech on the Web. 


Update (7.22.2010)
The 70,000 Blogetery users could get blogs back 
CNET 
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. 


Update (8.23.2010)
Terrorists, FBI can't sink Blogetery


CNET
The service was shut down last month by its Web host after FBI agents alleged the terrorist group al-Qaeda was using the platform to distribute recruiting materials, bomb-making tips, and the names of people targeted by the organization for assassination ... Against all the odds, the Toronto resident brought Blogetery back.
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