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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.'"

5 of 311 comments (clear)

  1. If you send spam, that's what happens by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mail containing the same URL hit a bunch of spamtraps and caused a lot of complaints. That's the sort of thing that gets your mail blocked.

    Nothing to see here, no grand conspiracy of censorship, just spam filters doing what they do.

  2. Re:No censorship on youtube by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Unless the people benefit, economic growth is a subsidy for the rich."
    -- Richard Falk
    "Post-Mubarak Revolutionary Chances", Aljazeera English 22nd Feb 2011

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  3. In related news... by arielCo · · Score: 5, Interesting
    My corp antivirus is blocking OccupyWallSt.org:

    Trend Micro OfficeScan Event

    URL Blocked

    The URL that you are attempting to access is a potential security risk. Trend Micro OfficeScan has blocked this URL in keeping with network security policy.
    URL: http://occupywallst.org/
    Risk Level: Dangerous
    Details: Verified fraud page or threat source

    Yay

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  4. Re:Talk about hypocrisy by milbournosphere · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm also referring to the general communications blackout going on at this protest. Agreed, I guess yahoo can do whatever the fuck they want. But all the big media networks are conveniently looking the other way and ignoring protests up 10k + people. And people on the ground are getting arrested, cameras are being seized, and I've already seen several video accounts of police brutality. Yahoo may not be a government agency, but there are blatant violations of civil rights going on here, and the government doesn't seem interested in protecting peaceful protestors against those violations.

  5. Re:So that's what all the fuss is about by StillNeedMoreCoffee · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The media did the same thing with the demonstrations in Wisconsin against the Anti-Union law that was hastily passed. Thousands of demonstrators but little coverage, but how strange, any little Tea Party gathering of 20-30 people got national coverage. I guess the rarity of that type of demonstration makes it News (or for the racist and defamatory signs)., whereas large demonstrations against corporate greed are more commonplace and not worthy of note. Or the liberal media really is now the corporate media.