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Jio and Hathway blocking Reddit in some cities, working in others

Jio mobile and GigaFiber, and Hathway have been blocking Reddit on its broadband and mobile network for the last 6-8 days, some Reddit users have reported. This block seems inconsistent since other Reddit users are reporting that Reddit is working on their Jio connections. If you are a Reddit user and on Jio’s or Hathway’s cellular and/or broadband service, please email us in case you have faced any blockage issues at sneha@medianama.com. One Reddit user reported the app working okay but not the mobile website. There is also a list of threads discussing the blocking of Reddit here. A few users have reported that Reddit is back on Hathway. Some reported that changing the DNS let Jio users browse Reddit. According to these threads, Reddit is working on: Assam Jio 4G Ahmedabad Jio 4G Mumbai Jio 4G Madurai (unspecified service provider) VPN, torrents and sites blocked by ISPs and CSPs About a month ago, we had reported that Internet users across India were reporting instances of their telecom provider or ISP blocking websites, torrents, VPN services and Telegram (web), over a 2-week period, according to a crowdsourced document created by the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF). IFF said that these users were spread across metros as well as smaller cities. At the time, IFF’s report found that: Mobile internet users reporting the most blocks: Reliance Jio and Airtel were top CSPs, while ACT Fibernet, BSNL, Vodafone and Hathway were mentioned Jio mostly blocked the proxies and VPN services This is not…

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