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21 September 2007

Bloggers Unite and Fight

The legal action of an Uzbek billionaire shows just how fragile web democracy can be.

By Martin Bright

Sunny Hundal of Pickled Politics appeared on More4 News tonight to publicise the plight of sites which have been pulled down after legal action from Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov. It seems Usmanov didn’t like what the former British ambassador, Craig Murray, was saying about him or the sites that linked to his blog. Justin McKeating at Chicken Yoghurt is flying the flag for the independent blogosphere and carries the best coverage here.

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