Yahoo Admits Censoring #OccupyWallStreet Protest Emails. Meanwhile, the Big Media Blackout Continues...

Yahoo mail users attempting to send messages about the peaceful "Occupy Wall Street" protests in Manhattan have found that impossible to do.

Messages mentioning the Wall Street protests or containing links to protest coverage were labeled SPAM and could not be sent, whereas messages mentioning Tea Party protests transmitted normally.

In my line of work I have experienced similar backdoor censorship tactics several times.  At times when "controversial" news was breaking -- Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown, Fort Calhoun Nuke Plant Flooding, Los Alamos Nuclear Lab Wildfires, etc. -- I have encountered "glitches" where I could not post to Twitter, could not send or receive email, could not access or modify my websites, etc.  Suprisingly, Facebook has always been good to me.

Regarding Yahoo's recent BS, watch this video and see for yourself...

Keith Olbermann, one of several mainstream commentators who are falling from the Corporate Flock, is one of few people reporting on the occupation and the media blackout surrounding it.

In the news...

Yahoo! under fire for allegedly censoring Occupy Wall Street ...

ABC Action News - Kristal Roberts - 24 minutes ago

Yahoo has apologized after coming under fire for reportedly blocking emails related to the Occupy Wall Street protests that began in Lower Manhattan over ...

Yahoo appears to be censoring Occupy Wall Street protest ...
	www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP2LREhJH4U3 min - 23 hours ago - Uploaded by lhfang86 UPDATE** Yahoo says it has fixed what the company has called an unintentional block of messages related to the Wall Street protests.

'Occupy Wall Street' Activists Accuse Yahoo of Censoring E-Mails ...

www.ibtimes.com/.../occupy-wall-street-occupywallstreet-takewallstreet-...

5 hours ago – The internet community has accused Yahoo of censoring email messages on "Occupy Wall Street" protests, after numerous videos were posted ...

Yahoo Appears To Be Censoring Email Messages About Wall Street ...

thinkprogress.org/.../yahoo-censoring-occupy-wall-street-protests/ - Cached

22 hours ago – The protesters, organized online and by organizations like Adbusters, have called their effort “Occupy Wall Street” and have set up the website: ...

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1. Yahoo appears to be censoring Occupy Wall ... youtube.com3 min - 23 hours ago - Uploaded by lhfang86 **UPDATE** Yahoo says it has fixed what the company has called an unintentional block of messages related to the Wall Street ...

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2. Yahoo Mail is Censoring Emails About ... youtube.com1 min - 1 day ago - Uploaded by Plankhead Try to send an email from Yahoo containing the URL "occupywallst.org". You cannot do it. Wtfisthis.

3. Yahoo Mail censors Occupy Wall Street youtube.com21 sec - 1 day ago - Uploaded by TheGazics nice

4. Corporations Censor The Resistance: Yahoo ... youtube.com3 min - 11 hours ago - Uploaded by iiiears Whether human error, internet spoof, botnet spam filter manipulation or another evil hack. There is no pattern over time on yahoo's ...

5. Yahoo Accused of Censoring Occupy Wall ... youtube.com3 min - 24 minutes ago - Uploaded by ntyranny1 Yahoo Accused of Censoring Occupy Wall Street Emails P 1 Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com September 21, 2011 The effectiveness of ...

6. Yahoo Accused of Censoring Occupy Wall ... youtube.com1 min - 25 minutes ago - Uploaded by ntyranny1 Yahoo Accused of Censoring Occupy Wall Street Emails P 2 Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com September 21, 2011 The effectiveness of ...

7. #OccupyWallStreet Yahoo Censorship youtube.com1 min - 22 hours ago - Uploaded by OperationLeakS Yahoo censoring it's mail system not to send #OccupyWallStreet related links

Was The Real News website hacked or are they being censored? Common Sense sez BOTH!

As I Google "The Real News" right now (7/20/2011 at ~11am PST), a peculiar results pages comes up warning "This site may harm your computer":

 

Clicking any of the Google links brings up this wall:

 

 Manually entering the Real News URL brings up this wall:

Clicking "Get me out of here!" brings me to a Google Search.  Clicking "Ignore this warning" merely reloads the same wall.  Clicking "Why was this page blocked?" brings up this:

Clicking "Ignore this warning" multiple times eventually brings me to a skeleton version of The Real News homepage.  Clicking any link on the homepage brings me back to:

The Real News is known for aggressively reporting on government, big business, and media corruption.  Over the last week, they have been covering the Rupert Murdoch scandal with telling video reports like "Rupert Murdoch Shaped British Politics For Forty Years":

This morning The Real News issued an email Press Release :

The Real News website has suffered a hack attack. If you visit the site you will be seeing various warning message. We are investigating the problem and are trying to repel the attack. This a serious and targeted assault on our site. We are working to fix this and identify who is responsible.

Who could possibly be behind the hacking?  Murdoch and Co?  Perhaps.  Some other powerful entity bent on controlling the media?  Just as likely, given The Real News aggressive reporting on the biggest issues.

Or could it be Anonymous, LulzSec, or other Hacktivists?  Very, very doubtful.