Roughly 1/5th of social media users admit to blocking politics-happy friends, so this app has a ready-made audience.
Recently — in the name of censoring pornography — China blocked access to Google and demanded that computers sold in China come supplied with an Internet nanny filter called Green Dam Youth Escort, starting July 1. Green Dam can also be used to block politics, not just Playboy.
Anti-politics filter, Nopple, came soon after, but only blocked politics on Facebook.
"Turkey is going through a painful period, and of course blocking democratic politics deepens the sense of hopelessness," he told reporters outside party headquarters in Ankara.
Second, because the alternative — fiscal policy — may be of proven effectiveness, but is also completely blocked by politics.
Torrealba said the opposition would use its new strength to return the rights of "those who have been unjustly persecuted, jailed, blocked from politics or exiled".
If the Americans left, there would be a resurgence of activity by the Kosovo Liberation Army that would block democratic politics and create big problems for the rest of KFOR".
"People buy filters worried about pornography, but then they see they can also block sports, politics and lots of other things, so they block those, too," Professor Lessig said.
She said that if she remained in office, she would have been blocked by "politics as usual" from accomplishing much, and that she could serve her state better as a private citizen.
Most European countries have huge public sectors where reform is blocked by politics.
Economic growth in continental Europe is sluggish, productivity is low, the regulations and restrictions surrounding the introduction of new businesses and processes are awesome, and most European countries have huge public sectors where reform is blocked by politics.
