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Eye On Wales: Monday 13 November

Samuel Pepys in cyberspace?

From police chiefs, politicians, students and teenagers, millions of people worldwide are writing weblogs. These internet diaries enable them to speak to the world at a keystroke.

Latest reports from internet experts show 100,000 new blogs are created daily

1.3 million new posts are made on existing blogs - currently thought to number around 57 million.

As the mainsteam media gradually wakes up to the potential of blogs for informing the news agenda, their influence is growing. Some have even been published in book form.

Meanwhile, youngsters are also taking to the blogosphere and joining up to social networking sites such as MySpace, Bebo and YouTube in their millions.

They can share photographs and personal information with a worldwide audience at the press of a button.

Tonight's Eye on Wales hears from Welsh bloggers and asks, what are the risks surrounding this explosion of freedom of speech and self-expression?

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