MSN bloggers try to foul up censorship tool
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:23 pm
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MSN Spaces, Microsoft's new blogging service, has sparked a new game for some of its users: trying to circumvent its censorship controls.
BoingBoing, a popular Web log, on Friday reported that MSN Spaces is rejecting certain blog titles or URLs because they contain words that Microsoft has deemed inappropriate.
"If you can't speak freely on a blog, what's the point of having one?" BoingBoing pointed out
MSN Spaces, Microsoft's new blogging service, has sparked a new game for some of its users: trying to circumvent its censorship controls.
BoingBoing, a popular Web log, on Friday reported that MSN Spaces is rejecting certain blog titles or URLs because they contain words that Microsoft has deemed inappropriate.
"If you can't speak freely on a blog, what's the point of having one?" BoingBoing pointed out