{"article":{"id":217134,"heading":"Did Google Block ILWU Web Page?","author":"A","created":"2008-05-02 13:47:50","modified":"2013-11-11 00:53:29","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:53:29","article":"

For about four hours on Tuesday people attempting to access the web page received a message stating that the site had been disable for violations of Google’s program polices. The page at the time of this article is now back up and accessible at http:\/\/maydayilwu.googlepages.com\/<\/a>

A review of the content of the web page and Google’s polices has found no apparent violations. Although there is a possibility that the block was in error, one of the organizers of the one day strike, Clarence Thomas, on a KPFK show radio Tuesday morning said that he thought it was suspicious.

In Los Angeles there was a call made by local activists for people to email Google for an explanation. The page was unblocked later in the day. No comment from Google has been received.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"CYBERSPACE, April 30, 2008 - Independent journalists and May Day organizers are wondering aloud if Google blocked access to a ILWU web page for a planned closure of West coast ports on Tuesday. ","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2008\/05\/google-block-mgs.jpg","filesize":"29.5 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2008\/05\/217134.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2008\/05\/google-block-mgs.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2008\/05\/google-block-mgs.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":217469,"heading":"why do "progressive" people support google?","article":"Why do people choose to use google "services?" There are other places to host your blog, like www.wordpress.com For email accounts and lists, do not use gmail, support www.riseup.net\r\n\r\nHave you ever used the famous google "search" inside China?","author":"China!","parent_id":217134,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-05-12 04:44:47","modified":"2008-05-12 04:44:47","fileurl":""}]}