As it happens, it's actually mostly been cleared up, and most of those suspended are back; 6A put many many mea culpa's onto news, all posted by Barak himself, the first time he's descended to the level of us mere mortals (he's the CEO).
And then of course people bitched that the apology wasn't coming from somoen 'in LJ', which is stupid, it came from the cheif head honcho, who gave the orders in the first place.
But yeah, internet is monitored, but mostly it's actually not censored; LJ can do what it likes on their server, and you can go elsewhere; very difficult to take you down completely; hence why I'm considering self hosting.
And weirdly? This whole thing blew up exactly a year after the last big mistake, same holiday weekend. I'm detecting a pattern...
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And then of course people bitched that the apology wasn't coming from somoen 'in LJ', which is stupid, it came from the cheif head honcho, who gave the orders in the first place.
But yeah, internet is monitored, but mostly it's actually not censored; LJ can do what it likes on their server, and you can go elsewhere; very difficult to take you down completely; hence why I'm considering self hosting.
And weirdly? This whole thing blew up exactly a year after the last big mistake, same holiday weekend. I'm detecting a pattern...