ChinaBlog

The Chinese authorities have ordered all weblogs and websites in the country to register with the government or face closure in Beijing's latest attempt to control online dissent.

Commercial publishers and advertisers could be fined up to 1m yuan (£66,000) for failing to register, according to documents on the Chinese information industry ministry's website.

I only point this out because these kinds of registration-restrictions of blogs and online speech may not be too far off here in the charming good ol USoA.