Bloggers and traditional media outlets in Greece have been buzzing over the past couple of weeks after it was revealed that press-gr.blogspot.com, one of the most popular Greek blogs, was acting as a vehicle for Internet blackmailers. According to reports, numerous Greek statesmen, clergy, media stars and businessmen have allegedly been blackmailed by anonymous users/commenter's on the gossip site. Right!!! This seemed like a good accusation by the social elite to find out who is behind the successful blog that threatens to expose their own corruption.Blackmail is a felony in Greece so a court order was granted to find out the site's anonymous owners. The trail led authorities to a newspaper editor from Greece who denied any wrong doing.
The uproar now is that legislation is being drafted to outlaw anonymous blogs or commentary. This from a country that tried to outlaw video games a while back. Absurd! I was under the impression that .com blogs could not be regulated with Greek legislation. Let's see what happens.
It is obvious that the Greek political system is not comfortable with the idea of people blogging around uncontrolled. The Greek political system is not comfortable with the idea of freedom of expression, too -- I suppose there is lots of corruption and hypocrisy that the elite doesn't want exposed.
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