China Blocks Flickr Over Tiananmen Pics

Yahoo said Tuesday that it had reason to suspect that China was blocking its Flickr photo-sharing site. The move came after pictures of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre were posted to the site, which drew the ire of the Chinese government. While Flickr apparently loads, the image links are non functional and the company has confirmed it is not experiencing any technical difficulties.

Discussion of the Tiananmen massacre Square is forbidden in the country, and state media, the Internet, and books have been scrubbed of any references to the event. Yahoo did not specifically say whether the pictures were uploaded by a Chinese resident or by someone outside the country.