Russian-Owned LiveJournal Bans Political Talk, Adds Risk of Spying

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Beth Elderkin, writing for Gizmodo:

LiveJournal, a blog community that’s hosted a lot of science fiction authors and fans (including George RR Martin), has officially banned “political solicitation”— which can mean anything that criticizes the Russian government, as well as pro-LGBTQ discussions. There are also concerns users can be subject to Russian spying.
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...i prob shouldn't have blindly accepted that updated terms agreement. Also prob shouldnt use lj in the year of our Lord 2017 but whatevs

 

omg! i didn't know LJ was Russian owned. i only use it to read my gossip blog which has a pro-LGBTQ community... i wonder if ONTD will move

 

Yeah I actually thought most of the LJ community (at least back in the day) was very pro-LGBTQ. This seems... like a very odd change. I also didn't know it was Russian based though, which is surprising. So overall this movie is kinda, confusing.

 

Same sis

oop @ me

 

I mean, they were purchased by a Russian company. This really shouldn't come off as a surprise.