You are probably better off calling it 'blog standard', the latest call to censor web content is now referred to as the 'Streisand effect', named after the self-deprecating stunt pulled by singer Barbra Streisand who unsuccessfully sued to block personal material that she disliked from appearing on the blog dimension of the internet.
An illustration of the "Streisand effect" is best described with an axiom from John Gilmore - one of the pioneers of the internet: "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."
Sidelining all the celebrity-frenzy attention the web is credited to give in its amorphous world, the curious question lies as to whether a government is entitled to its privacy from the blogger's space. When the web censorship scenario sets on authoritarian countries such as China and Saudi Arabia, it seems plausible for the state to intervene for sensible reasons. However, infringement of the blogger's right has been a hotly-debated topic where it appears, contents in blogs can put the ordinary - and potentially influential - blogger behind bars.
In the next election, for any government around the globe, bloggers can perhaps boycott the free publicity (be it infamous or good publicity) given to that state.
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