It may be a relatively unknown blogging platform, but for sure, the users of Blogetery.com were not happy when they got shut down earlier this month. There were apparently more than 70,000 blogs in the platform when they were denied service by their web hosting company, Burst.net.

As was expected, the sudden shutdown created a bit of noise online. Why did they do it? Why the harsh reaction? There were many speculations, and wasn’t till last week that the real reasons came out.

Apparently, the FBI did have a hand in it, as many were speculating. However, the government agency did not request for the shutting down of the blogging platform. The information that they gave Burst.net was that there were links to al-Qaeda material found on Blogetery’s servers. More so, it seems that there were also assassination lists – with American citizens in them. Aside from that, they also found messages from Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders, as well as bomb-making tips.

Upon receiving the information, Burst.net decided to terminate the access of Blogetery on its own. That’s the official announcement. Legally speaking, the information discovered can be classified as a violation of the web hosting company’s terms of service, and they had the right to suspend access. More so, it is said that the owner of Blogetery has had received multiple warnings since December, prompting the suspension of his account. No details have been released as to the identification of the owner.

On another note, another service called Ipbfree.com has also been suspended – a mere few days after the Blogetery shutdown. No information has been released regarding this.