The Daily Cloud reports on a controversial takedown action initiated by the US government related to reported IP abuse

After complying with a secret order from U.S. authorities, hosting provider BurstNet shut down Blogetery.com with no warning and no way to get the blog provider’s servers back up and running. According to Blogetery, BurstNet is under a gag order, so Blogetery has no way of knowing the specifics of the complaint, the basis for legal action, or even whether the order was legal.

On a blog forum, Blogetery further complained that BurstNet would not even specify which agency or government authority ordered the shutdown.

The secrecy of the action and response is what distinguishes it the most from in-house hosting takedown disputes.