Google Allows Country Specific Blog Take Downs

Google has announced it is rolling out changes to it blogging service Blogger to allow it to take down / remove access to s blog on a country by country basis.

At the moment when Google receives a court order it has to apply it globally, but now it will be able just to apply to the country or territory on question.

Initially the changes will apply in Australia, New Zealand and India, but eventually it will apply to every country

This comes on the back of a similar division twitter last week.

Is this a worrying trend of things to come, where companies are bowing to the pressure from governments around the world, in the wake of the Arab spring and the London Riots?

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