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Yahoo Blocked Emails About Wall Street Protests

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-didn't-type-the-magic-word dept.

itwbennett writes "People trying to email information about the Wall Street protests on Monday using Yahoo mail, found themselves on the receiving end of messages from Yahoo claiming 'suspicious activity'. ThinkProgress.org has a YouTube video of users trying to send emails that mention the 'OccupyWallSt.org' web site, which seemed to be the magic phrase to get your email blocked. Via Twitter, Yahoo announced the blockage was now fixed, but 'there may be residual delays.'"

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  1. No censorship on youtube by brian0918 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Check out the footage of the tens of thousands that showed up for the Day of Rage at Wall Street.

  2. Re:So that's what all the fuss is about by 0123456 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hate to break it to you guys, but the movement was a huge failure.

    That's obviously because no-one knew about it due to Yahoo blocking their emails :).