Palestinians abroad struggle to contact family amid Gaza blackout

Comment on this storyComment Ordinarily, the flurry of messages among the far-flung members of the Elagha family fly thick and fast. But in the days since Israel shut off electricity and fuel to Gaza, the flow of information reaching Yasmeen Elagha’s phone has slowed to a trickle. Ten members of her extended family, ages 1 … Read more

Disney blames Constitution for the ESPN blackout

Final week, Disney blocked Constitution’s Spectrum cable from accessing channels like ABC and ESPN over a disagreement between the 2 corporations over new monetary phrases. In the present day, Disney says in a weblog put up that though Constitution “claims to worth Disney’s direct-to-consumer providers,” it’s “demanding these completely different providers at no cost.” With … Read more

Reddit pressures mods to finish the blackout as they discover new methods to protest

Reddit seems to be ramping up the strain on moderators to open communities that closed within the blackout protest towards not too long ago introduced platform modifications. A Reddit admin — an worker of Reddit — has advised unpaid volunteer moderators of a subreddit that the “expectation right here is that communities reopen,” based on a … Read more

Amid Reddit Blackout, CEO downplays API protest as subreddits vow to maintain combating

The 48-hour Reddit “Blackout” is technically coming near an finish. Nevertheless, the corporate’s blasé perspective about this challenge, which clearly a lot of its customers really feel keen about, might find yourself backfiring. And that scheduled two-day protest could also be prolonged on some subreddit communities…indefinitely. On Monday, hundreds of subreddits went non-public, blocking entry … Read more