Jan 7 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court said on Monday a Virginia politician violated the Constitution by temporarily blocking a critic from her Facebook page, a decision that could affect President Donald Trump's appeal from a similar ruling in New York.

Circuit Court of Appeals said Phyllis Randall, chair of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, violated the First Amendment free speech rights of Brian Davison by banning him for 12 hours from her "Chair Phyllis J. Randall" page.

'We bet that the channel mix - the share of dollars that travel through ecommerce rather than physical retail - would permanently leap ahead by 5 or even 10 years. We couldn't know for sure at the time, but we knew that if there was a chance that this was true, we would have to expand the company to match.'

The ban came after Davison had attended a 2016 town hall meeting, and then under his Facebook profile "Virginia SGP" accused school board members and their relatives of corruption and conflicts of interest.

Circuit Court of Appeals said Phyllis Randall, chair of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, violated the First Amendment free speech rights of Brian Davison by banning him for 12 hours from her "Chair Phyllis J. Randall" page.

Katie Fallow, a lawyer for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which represented Davison, said public officials "have no greater license to suppress dissent online than they do offline."

It has said the president controls the Twitter account in his personal capacity, slot demo uses it to disseminate his views rather than to offer a platform for public discussion, and is not required under the First Amendment to receive messages he does not want to hear.

Circuit Judge James Wynn rejected Randall's argument that her Facebook page was a private website, saying the "interactive component" was a public forum and that she engaged in illegal viewpoint discrimination.

NEW DELHI, July 29 (Reuters) - India's government has blocked Krafton's online multiplayer battle game BGMI because of concerns it was sharing data with China, a senior government official told Reuters.

India invoked section 69A of IT law for the removal, the source added.
The law allows the government to block public access to content in the interest of national security, among other reasons. (Reporting by Aditya Kalra in New Delhi Editing by David Goodman )

It has said the president uses the Twitter account in his personal capacity to disseminate his views, not to offer a platform for public discussion, and is not required under the First Amendment to receive messages he does not want to hear.

European Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn will follow the example of England football manager Gareth Southgate at the World Cup with a 'one team' philosophy — uniting players, backroom staff, caddies and WAGS for the Ryder Cup. 

Circuit Judge James Wynn rejected Randall's argument that her Facebook page was a private website, concluding that the "interactive component" was a public forum and that she engaged in illegal viewpoint discrimination.

And Sky are now on much better terms with UEFA, having bought all the home nations' matches in the Nations League, which were sold centrally by the European football ruling body rather than by the individual associations.

The ban came after Davison had attended a Feb.
3, 2016 town hall meeting, and then under his Facebook profile "Virginia SGP" accused school board members and their relatives of corruption and conflicts of interest. Randall had also removed her original post and all comments, including Davison's.

Jan 7 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court said on Monday a Virginia politician violated the Constitution by temporarily blocking a critic from her Facebook page, a decision that could affect President Donald Trump's appeal from a similar ruling in New York.

Sky's Nations League deal, which includes the two England friendlies this autumn against the USA and Switzerland, means ITV have no live football until England's 2020 European Championship qualifiers start next March.

Cricket United, which ran for five years and raised nearly £100,000 last year, was a joint venture between the Professional Cricketers' Association's benevolent fund and the Lord's Taverners and Chance to Shine cricket charity fund-raisers. 

But there are big doubts whether BT, who have made huge job cuts this year and face pressure from shareholders over massive spending on sports rights, will be prepared to invest another billion-plus when the next three-year CL tender comes around in 2019.

Relationships between UEFA and Sky hit rock bottom after the Champions League was snatched away from them by BT in 2015 for the small matter of £897million. Sky Sports supremo Barney Francis famously claimed that their subscription rivals had wildly overspent and that the Premier League was far more popular with Sky viewers.

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