This is important to anyone who has a site using the Google Blogger platform, or anyone who follows a Google Blogger site. The “powers that be” recently sent out a notice stating in part,

“In the coming weeks, we’ll no longer allow blogs that contain sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video. We’ll still allow nudity presented in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts, or where there are other substantial benefits to the public from not taking action on the content.”

(whatever the hell that means)

And this:

“The new policy will go into effect on the 23rd of March 2015. After this policy goes into effect, Google will restrict access to any blog identified as being in violation of our revised policy. No content will be deleted, but only blog authors and those with whom they have expressly shared the blog will be able to see the content we’ve made private.”

This does not affect the Metalbond site, as I am not on Google Blogger and I pay for private site hosting. But this DOES apply to many other sites. And it is a real shame, if you ask me.

I follow a number of Google Blogger sites, including Ulf, Mitchmen, House of Vader, Rubber Canuck and many, many others. I hope that all of these guys will take action now to move their websites so that their content can still be available to everybody.

You can learn more about this issue by visiting the Google Blogger Closes Gay Blogs blog: