Censorship by the State

I am really upset right now, because I just heard that a fellow library student has been required to take down his blog by his employer at the NY State Library. I do not know exactly the details, but I am pretty sure that they were unjustified in their request. His blog represented over a year's worth of work, and was a good mix of library and personal news. Apparently, his supervisor told him that it was unprofessional, and without argument, he complied with her request to delete the entire blog. Although I might not always have agreed with what he had to say, I am fairly certain that there was nothing on there that was any kind of bad reflection on the State Library.

I understand that he respects his supervisor, and chose to delete the blog rather than argue with her, but I wish he had argued. I think they were wrong to ask him to take it down, and I am interested to know exactly why they think they can tell him to stop.