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WARNING: Content may be objectionable

July 12, 2009 by Fran Eaton  
Filed under Profiles in Conservatism

by Fran Eaton
Suppose you were to enter a website address from your home computer (versus a public computer) and you were met with a sign like this:
Content Warning:

Some readers of this blog have contacted Google because they believe this blog’s content is objectionable. In general, Google does not review nor do we endorse the content of this or any blog. For more information about our content politics, please visit the Blogger Terms of Service.

Then two options to click upon: “I understand and I want to continue” or “I do not wish to continue.”

What would you think? You’d think this is something you wouldn’t want to see, right? Google-owned Blogger has placed this sign before a Massachusetts-based website that raises concerns about promoting homosexual rights, called Mass Resistance.
For the most part, Google-owned Blogger’s content standards found HERE are pretty loose.
Blogger is a free service for communication, self-expression and freedom of speech. We believe Blogger increases the availability of information, encourages healthy debate, and makes possible new connections between people.
We respect our users’ ownership of and responsibility for the content they choose to share. It is our belief that censoring this content is contrary to a service that bases itself on freedom of expression.