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Re: UK telecom EE blocks archive.org

#5
I’m just sad to watch the world following Turkey’s steps on Internet control.

These ISP level “security filters” have been a thing in Turkey since 2011. They are optional but they always try to trick people into enabling them. There’s even safe internet day(5th February), they send you an SMS with a link to instantly enable filters to celebrate internet safety day.

What I find weird though, not all sites are blocked equally. Some are on DNS level and simply using something like Google DNS removes the blocking, others are blocked on IP level and only VPN can help. There’s no consistency between the ISP on site blocking methods.

Re: UK telecom EE blocks archive.org

#6
This is not really new. Iirc the requirement agreed with the government was that users would have an active choice for filtering or not, which I think is required for mobile connections. This is an age gated thing essentially, and can be removed at the request of the user (or never added). Age rated things require some ID I think.

That archive.org, a place to archive essentially any content , gets flagged as potentially 18+ or some other content warning is not really surprising.

Re: UK telecom EE blocks archive.org

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post #5

I’m just sad to watch the world following Turkey’s steps on Internet control. These ISP level “security filters” have been a thing in Turkey since 2011. They are optional but they always try to trick people into enabling them. There’s even safe internet day(5th February), they send you an SMS with a link to instantly enable filters to celebrate internet safety day. What I find weird though, not all sites are blocked…

I’m sure these services exist in every country. I don’t see the problem if they’re opt-in.
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