Internet giant Google has threatened to shut down an online blog which invites people to post complaints about Child Youth and Family social workers.
The threat to a social worker on the controversial blog cyfswatch says: "I'm watching, waiting and never far behind you." It was deleted by Google because it breached its terms and conditions but hours later the banned post was back and uncensored.
Internet specialist David Farrar says the behaviour has endangered the entire blog. He says if the person wanted to repost the message they should at least have deleted the identifying details of who it was about.
The comment has again been removed but the CYF hall of shame still lists more than 100 social workers - calling them everything from compulsive liars to witches.
The Ministry of Social Development wants the site closed and internet specialists say this could happen if rules continue to be broken.
"Google can just delete it again. The blog owner could then try and repost it again and at some stage Google will run out of patience and say if you're not willing to abide by our decisions we're going to delete the entire blog," says Farrar.
The site's owners are in contact with Google and say they are more than happy to abide by the rules as long as they are told about any complaints first.
Google has warned any further breaches could result in the deletion of the site entirely.
Meanwhile, some of the social workers named on the blog are seeking legal advice.
