Why did Yahoo stop discussion of political news items. Government pressure?
Sunday, January 17th, 2010Have you noticed that you can no longer discuss political news stories posted on Yahoo? I figure someone high up in government doesn’t like the free exchange of ideas that may clash with government policies. They probably don’t want soldiers in Afghanistan reading anti-war messages.
They probably stopped it because one person in BFE complained. That’s all it takes for Yahoo.
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