LiveJournal apologizes for mass deletion
 

*Source: News.com (http://news.com.com/LiveJournal+apol...tag=nefd.top)*
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LiveJournal apologized Thursday for a mass deletion of sex-themed discussions that purged literary criticism and accounts belonging to role-playing game characters and led to an unprecedented user revolt.

In a public announcement (http://news.livejournal.com/99159.html), Barak Berkowitz, chairman and chief executive of LiveJournal owner Six Apart, said, "Well, we really screwed this one up" and promised to reinstate a wide swath of communities that were deleted as part of the company's attempt to eradicate pedophilia-related discussions

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