I’ve also never seen this kind of a blocked page notification before (and I’ve seen lots) http://t.co/ZSfYoaz2ib pic.twitter.com/VE0hrNpQWi
— Nikhil Pahwa (@nixxin) November 8, 2014
I don’t know.
I don’t know what has been blocked – which site, which URL. I don’t know why. I don’t know who asked for it to be blocked. I don’t know when it was ordered to be blocked. My ISP’s customer care rep cannot explain it. I’m not able to access the site. It’s frustrating.
@opindia_revenge http://t.co/K9yYCzjlUz is working fine while http://t.co/uxG4rayVCR blocked on Airtel. — SANJAY BAFNA (@sanjaybafna) June 23, 2015
A notice on the site says that the DoT has asked for it to be blocked, or a court. I don’t know whether it’s the DoT or the court, or why. I want to read the site, but I don’t know who to ask for help. People ping me on Twitter telling me they’re unable to access some sites, but I am able to. Sometimes, sites work with one ISP, and not with another.
Apparently this @BleacherReport getting blocked in India is getting widespread all over India now. Reports coming in from various ISP. — Chandreshwar (@cmtripathi) June 23, 2015
Sometimes they’re blocked in one particular city for an ISP, and it works with the same ISP in another city. I don’t know why. Sometimes it’s blocked on 2G and works on landline, sometimes it’s blocked on landline and works on mobile. I don’t know why. When people complain on Twitter, miraculously, the block is removed. I don’t know why, and if the block was done incorrectly, shouldn’t someone be held responsible?
Not able to access @firstpostin on ACT Bangalore. Says url is blocked. CC @medianama pic.twitter.com/LTwgIwYBgE
— Thejesh GN (@thej) December 13, 2014
I don’t know why an ISP can’t tell me exactly why a site has been blocked. Why it can’t publish a court order or a DoT notice telling me why it’s blocked. If I’m not being allowed to access something, don’t I deserve to know why? If I want the block removed, shouldn’t I be told how it can be removed? If a block is in error, how can we hold someone accountable? Why don’t I get to see a list of all the sites that have been blocked?
The fuck? Vimeo has been blocked once again – at least on MTNL. Anyone knows what happened? @medianama
— culdivsac (@culdivsac) December 18, 2014
So http://t.co/FoEEQqrrkP still “blocked as per instructions from DOT” on Reliance, but accessible from ACT, MTNL, Airtel, Aircel, Docomo. — Peter Griffin (@zigzackly) June 23, 2015
Why the secrecy? Why the randomness? Is there anything that I can do to stop this? I don’t know.
Also Read:
– ACT Broadband reportedly blocking torrent sites in Bangalore
– Whistleblower website Savukku blocked on MTNL and BSNL
– Uploaded.net blocked again by BSNL and Airtel
– Consumer Complaints Site RipoffReport Blocked In India
– You Broadband has published a list of sites blocked
– India blocks 32 sites including github; some blocks removed
– Indian government blocks image sharing site Imgur
– NDTV.com blocked in India
– Filesharing and storage sites blocked in India for 2014 FIFA World Cup still inaccessible
(Updates: The post has been updated to only include illustrative tweets, as was initially intended by the author)
