KZBlog

I suppose it would be a badge of honor to be on the list of 13 foreign sites blocked by Kazakhstan (that article seems to no longer be there, but this link takes you to the same article) because, “These Internet resources … spread materials with propaganda of terrorism and religious extremism and open calls to committing acts of terror and making explosive devices” according to Aylana Iskendirova, spokesperson for the Astana City Court. I’m not sure how the Astana Court can make decisions that affect national policy, and I haven’t seen a list of all 12 sites, but apparently Live Journal is one of them. I have a lot of friends on LJ and I have yet to see one open call to terrorism.

Let us not forget that Raxat Aliyev had a blog on LJ for a while until Live Journal agreed to delete it.

Apparently the decision was made at the request of government prosecutors who felt that foreign sites were inciting people to acts of terrorism. I suppose I have to hold off judgement until the full list of sites is published, if it ever is. But in the meantime, it appears that the Prime Minister is getting involved. In response to a tweet from Alexei Venediktov, a journalist in Russia, Massimov wrote, “Re: LJ, I’ll deal with it”