Committee to Protect Bloggers » Brazil http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org Free speech for bloggers worldwide Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:53:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Brazil Blocks Wordpress.com http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2008/04/11/brazil-blocks-wordpresscom/ http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2008/04/11/brazil-blocks-wordpresscom/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:55:22 +0000 Curt http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2008/04/11/brazil-blocks-wordpresscom/ Brazil, which has in the past blocked YouTube and banned a host of video games, has now banned the blog Wordpress.com, and therewith all the blogs that use it, according to Game Politics (via Techdirt). There are 1 million Brazilian blogs alone on this service, according to Terramel, a Brazilian blog. It is apparently, like the YouTube block, an instance of hyperventilating overreaction to a single “offender” of some sort. Though which blog and which offense is uncertain.

Is Brazil the new China? In a move similar to Youtube’s block, a brazilian judge ordered all brazilians ISPs to block a Wordpress.com blog. The blog and the reason of the block are still unknown.

According to Abranet, the Brazilian Association of Internet Providers, there’s about 1 million brazilians blogs hosted in Wordpress.com.

The order to block wordpress.com was sent to Abranet who sent it to all associated ISPs. In an interview, Eduardo Parajo, Abranet’s president said: “We must not discuss a court order, we must obey it. Since it’s not possible to block only the blog’s address, all the acces to any wordpress.com sites will be forbidden in Brazil”.

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