Blogs are now very popular among people living in nations where freedom of expression and free press exist and where governments respect human rights and respect public opinion.
Blogs can of course reveal a story so that news hunters can check and update stories in accordance with their respective interests. Though many blogs have so much information and the images posted sometimes can be faked or illegal, they can be the hints for the viewers. I agree that some information in blogs is unclear and untrue but it at least paves the way for the real news seekers to follow up and verify for their audiences.
Because of free flow of information on the facts from anonymous sources, some countries try to block blogs. Citing ineffective and unacceptable violation of privacy and defaming governments and leaders, dictatorial, military-ruled, and one state-party nations and their authorities try to set up cyber police to control all internet users and tracking down bloggers. Such governments really do not want their bad things to outreach to the public otherwise their reputation can be pained and their power can be weak through the citizens’ protests. As the result, many bloggers have been thrown into jails due to their reveal the fact of negative activities of their governments and leaders on the blogs.
Undeniably, terrorists, racketeers or pedophile can use blogs to commit crimes but with this regard, it is good for the blogs that provide technical ways to get round censorship and security for both creators and users.
On the other hand, while the world is gaining more citizen journalists, community blogs can help alert citizens so that they can be ready for either supports or challenges for their common interests. Communities can also share information to their members at the grassroots through the citizen journalists’ blog posting. At the same time, bloggers have to be more careful with their posting. They should follow the 5Ws and H rule so that their posting can be more reliable. END
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