Text of the email (URLs removed in case they lead to malware):
Hello,
Google has been notified that content in your blog contains allegedly infringing content that may violate the rights of others and the laws of their country. The infringing content that has been made unavailable can be found at the end of this message. For more information about this removal and how it affects your blog, please visit https://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?l=en&answer=2402711.
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Urls affected:
http://bighominid.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-depicting-prophet.html
Countries affected:
Pakistan
When I hover my cursor over the various URLs listed, the sites all seem to check out, so there's a good chance they're legit. The email's content, as you see, leads me to believe this is a region-specific blockage that has come about thanks to local laws (I did, in fact, visit the first URL in the email, which leads one to a site explaining country-specific blockage). Well, if superstitious folk wish to remain inside their bubble, who am I to stop them? As long as the post hasn't been outright removed by Google, I guess I'm OK with countries that want to repress themselves.
I have twice received similar notices about a blog post being blocked in Pakistan. We may be discussing similar posts - mine was about 'Draw Muhammed Day". The email helpfully offered a link expaining how to get around censorship.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting! I'm afraid to follow some of the links in the email I got.
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