Online sheriff sought – bloggers unimpressed

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THEY are calling them the blog cops — two internet bigwigs who want to clean out the potty-mouths of 70 million bloggers and civilise the virtual Wild West of online publishing. Boy, have they picked a fight.

Concerned by recent high-profile cases of online bullying and worried about a general degeneration of civility on the internet, Tim O’Reilly and Jimmy Wales have proposed a code of conduct for all bloggers to adopt.

Full Story Via TheAge

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