CNET Axes Blogger Who Exposed Whitehouse.gov Privacy Issue
Electronic Frontier Foundation, March 18, 2009
By Hugh D'Andrade
Blogger Chris Soghoian has produced some of the best coverage on the issue of privacy for users of government websites. But CNet will no longer carry Soghoian's blog. It appears the largely stems from a Soghoian post initially titled "White House Ditches YouTube After Privacy Complaints" brought loud denials from the YouTube and the Obama team.
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