From: Before It's News
Zen Gardner
At mid-day on Friday, September 23, 2011, the popular alternative
news blog, ActivistPost.com, was taken offline. Activist Post receives
over one million views per month and has been hosted by Google’s Blogger
since its founding in June 2010. “We remain puzzled as to why Activist Post was erased completely by
Google,” said chief editor and co-founder Michael Edwards. “When we
tried to load our back-up file into our secondary Blogger account, that
was blocked as well,” he added. It remains unclear whether Google has acted to censor
ActivistPost.com for their controversial reporting. Google is becoming
somewhat notorious for clamping down on truth and liberty activists, of
which Activist Post is known for. “Clearly, this is a huge set back for us and the work we do,” said
co-founder Eric Blair. “Our entire crew is working on resolving the
issue and restoring the website. We certainly look forward to an
explanation from Google.” Activist Post will file an appeal with Google to restore the site in
full, and asks their loyal supporters to make their voices heard as
well. However, they also are seeking other hosting services to avoid
these types of censorship issues in the future. “We want to thank our loyal readers, contributors, and advertisers
for being patient while we work this out. We plan to come on even
stronger in face of this adversity,” Edwards said.
