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...
Occupy Wall Street" protests, after numerous videos were posted ...
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.
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