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The new blogging service is called BayWords.com, and it runs on the Wordpress bloging engine.

BayWords co-founder Brokep said that he got the idea to start an uncensored blog service after a friend had his blog removed from the main Wordpress blogging service.

"Many blogs are being shut down for uncomfortable thoughts and ideas," Brokep told the news website TorrentFreak.com. "We will not do that. Our goal is to protect freedom of speech and your thoughts. As long as you don’t break any Swedish laws in your blog, we will defend it."

But Wordpress' Matt Mullenweg disputed the contention that Wordpress suppressed an "uncomfortable idea."

“WordPress.com supports free speech and doesn’t shut people down for 'uncomfortable thoughts and ideas,'" he said. "In fact we’re blocked in several countries because of that. However as a U.S.-based company we must comply with U.S. laws, which means if the primary purpose of a blog is distributing illegal material it’s not a good fit for WordPress.com."

This isn't The Pirate Bay's first addition to its content-sharing empire. The site's founders have also added an uncensored image-hosting service called BayImg.com, and they still have plans to launch a YouTube competitor called TheVideoBay.org.

Since its launch in 2004, The Pirate Bay has amassed a user base of roughly 2.5 million people and 10 million file-sharing peers.

In February 2008, the Swedish government charged the website with trying to break copyright laws.