Blogging has leveled up the meaning of freedom of the press. Press “enter” and voila! Anything gets published for the world to see.
A blog, as we know, is an online journal. A blog with sensational content is sure to generate traffic that would rival the world’s busiest streets. A blog with a niche would attract like minded visitors, and even haters of the topic (who would take time to search the thing they hate). Most of the time it is simply an avenue for voices which are otherwise unheard to be read, should a visitor be directed to one’s blog.
Recently, Saudi Arabia has imposed banning blogging for those who don’t have a license to blog. This has raised anxiety to bloggers from other nations who fear for their freedom of “press enter” – especially those who augment their incomes by blogging. It is reported that the Saudi Arabian government has established this law to enforce responsibility on blogging content (Read full story here).
In the Philippines, The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Margaux Salcedo reports of an unnamed Public Relations “firm” which used the term “blogging” in selling reviews to a restaurant owner (read full story here). This incident has given blogging a bad name, as many bloggers write reviews and opinions out of their own volition and pleasure.
As with anything that gains popularity, blogging has reached this point wherein one nation is restricting the people’s rights to press “publish” for better or for worse and now, another country’s blogging population is defending against those who use the term “blogging” as a con which would destroy the integrity of earnest bloggers who enjoy the convenience of publishing their work in realtime.
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