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WhatsApp blocked in Brazil, TIM drops SMS charges
2016-05-03 08:50:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) A judge in the Brazilian state of Sergipe on 2 May ordered the five main mobile operators to block access to Facebook's WhatsApp for 72 hours, reports Reuters. The decision affects WhatsApp's more than 100 million users in the country. The reason for the order is not known due to legal secrecy in an ongoing case in the Sergipe state court. In a statement, WhatsApp said the company is "disappointed at the decision" after doing the utmost to cooperate with Brazilian tribunals. Mobile operator TIM Brasil responded to the ban on WhatsApp by offering customers free SMS. In a statement on its Facebook page, TIM said it would not charge for SMS while WhatsApp is blocked.
India tycoon blocked from $75m payout
2016-03-08 08:57:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Indian drinks baron Vijay Mallya is blocked from receiving $75m (53m) severance pay from Diageo over outstanding debts.
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Xi critic's internet account blocked
2016-02-28 15:41:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
China shuts down the microblog accounts of outspoken former property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang after he criticised President Xi Jinping.
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AdBlock blocked by ad industry, as tensions (and reality) set in
2016-01-20 16:13:27| Extremetech
AdBlock isn't invited to the ad industry's big party anymore. But why were were they invited in the first place?
Activists who blocked oil train will argue in court it was necessary because climate change
2016-01-11 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In September 2014, five climate activists with Rising Tide Seattle managed to halt the passage of a crude oil train at the BNSF Delta rail yard in Everett, Wash. After eight hours blocking the tracks, the five were arrested and charged with criminal trespass and blocking a train. Today, they go on trial. In court, the activists - known as the Delta 5 - will argue their act of civil disobedience was necessary. A spokesperson for Rising Tide said the activists "will be the first ever to argue that...
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