US Authorities Shut Down WordPress Host With 73000 Blogs Written by enigmax on July 16, 2010 at torrentfreak After the US Government took action against several sites connected to movie streaming recently, nerves are jangling over the possibility that this is just the beginning of a wider crackdown. Now it appears that a free blogging platform has been taken down by its hosting provider on orders from the US authorities on grounds of “a history of abuse”. More than 73000 blogs are out of action as a result.