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LJ news

Control of LiveJournal as a blogging platform has been transferred to SUP Media LLC, a legal entity based in the Russian Federation. This decision stems from the urge to become closer to our users, most of whom live in Europe and Russia. Every LiveJournal user will be offered to sign the new User Agreement with SUP Media. Paid services, however, will still be provided by Live Journal Inc.

Despite the changes, LiveJournal remains an international blogging platform. Specifically, LiveJournal’s policy on user privacy and data security has undergone no major changes.

I know that a lot of people have been freaking out about this, but at the moment I'm not particularly worried, it seems similar to the user terms that most social media websites have? LJ just didn't handle it brilliantly by forcing everyone to sign the agreement in the way they did, but ultimately I feel like my content is still safer here than it is on somewhere like Facebook. Heck for all the 'but Russia' protests, I would imagine the recent change in US law (allowing your ISPs to sell your entire internet history) is going to have a much bigger affect on American posters then anything that LJ may or may not be doing...

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[malicat.livejournal.com]

When that box popped up,I was a bit...shocked would be the wrong word? Concerned? I dunno,I have agreed to user terms countless times in my life and have probably signed my soul away,my firstborn child,bought a washing machine or whatever but when something suddenly changes (or so you think,I tried to read a bit of the new(?) TOS but I don't speak Law so I gave up quickly and just agreed) and it is practically forced on you,I do find that weird. Then again,LJ has always been shitty in their communication and after reading more,I'm not concerned anymore!

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Oh I absolutely was as well, I had a major wtf reaction and actually read the whole thing (something that I never normally bother with when it comes to ticky boxes for user agreements lol). Any agreement is probably a bit intimidating if you really take the time to read the fine print, we just normally don't bother with it, but this time we're all extra alert because it's Russia, and so what's actually pretty standard has people wondering what that means for the safety of their LJ.

And hey I might be wrong, but Control of LiveJournal as a blogging platform has been transferred to SUP Media LLC, a legal entity based in the Russian Federation...Paid services, however, will still be provided by Live Journal Inc. suggests to me that the move to Russia won't even affect paid accounts, just the ad-sponsored ones?