Update: Image hosting sites imagebam.com and imgbox.com are also being blocked on some ISPs in India. We checked on BSNL Bangalore broadband connection and we received a blank page. The websites displays the following message for some people: "This website/URL has been blocked until further notice either pursuant to Court orders or on the Directions issued by the Department of Telecommunications", according to imagebam discussion forum. June 25, 2013: It appears that filesharing sites Uploaded.net and ul.to (same sites) are now working on BSNL Bangalore broadband connection, while the foreign blog dealing with politics lookingglass.blog.co.uk and image hosting site stooorage.com are still blocked on the connection. It's not clear whether these sites are now working on Idea 3G connection and Reliance Mumbai connection where it was blocked earlier. June 17, 2013: Another bizarre URL blocks in India: It appears that filesharing sites Uploaded.net, ul.to, image hosting site stooorage.com, and foreign blog dealing with politics lookingglass.blog.co.uk are blocked on wired BSNL broadband connection and Idea 3G connection. We checked and Uploaded.net, ul.to and stooorage.com appears to be blocked on BSNL Bangalore broadband connection, while lookingglass blog appeared to be down. Hosting sites worked fine with https appended to the URL, that is, while trying to open a secure connection, the sites seemed to work fine. We could not verify this for Idea 3G connection. If these sites are blocked on your connection, please leave a comment with Website URL, your connection and city along with a screenshot. Surprisingly, unlike previous blocks, the current blocks does not include a message that usually states that these…
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Updated: Filesharing Sites Uploaded.net, Ul.to, Stooorage & Blog On Politics Blocked On Some ISPs
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