MySpace Users Revolt Against Murdoch

arclightfire writes "Looks like Murdoch's News International have stired up a revolt within users of the MySpace file-sharing site they purchased for $629m (£355m) last July, reports the Independent; "Angry members of MySpace, the personal file-sharing website for young adults, are accusing Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation of censoring their postings and blocking their access to rival sites. The 38 million subscribers to MySpace...discovered that when they wrote to each other about rival video-swapping site YouTube, the words were automatically deleted, and attempts to download video images from YouTube led to blank screens. The intervention by News Corp in the traditionally open-access world of the web - in particular the alteration of personal user profiles - provoked a storm of angry posts...The protests gathered pace, and when 600 MySpace customers complained and a campaign began to boycott the site and relocate to rival sites such as Friendster, Linkedin, revver.com and Facebook.com, News Corp relented and restored the links.""

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Re:Shut it down

[Hee Hee Hee]

Offtopic, I know - but I don't care.

Good for you for sneaking around and checking up on your kids. I wish more parents would do that, instead of feeling like they have rights to privacy. They do - but when you find out something like this - all bets are off!

I hope you have a frank, calm discussion with your son soon. If you don't feel equipped to talk to him about it - find a counselor that can help you. There are lots of organizations willing to help.

Good luck!