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Although not outright blocking those websites is a step up, a 90% bandwidth cut is almost the same as blocking them.
by m_a_g 6y ago
Although not outright blocking those websites is a step up, a 90% bandwidth cut is almost the same as blocking them.
- dastx 6y agoIt's probably a warning of "do what we say or we'll block you because we can't control what you have on your platform". It's a step in the censorship direction.
- StavrosK 6y agoI'd say probably worse than blocking them. If Twitter gets blocked, people will find another way to get on Twitter. If it's not blocked, but is very slow, they will visit it less and less.
- toyg 6y agoWhat about setting up caching proxies inside the country? I expect the practice would eventually be made illegal and cracked on, but with a bit of technical trickery one might be able to keep the cat-and-mouse game running for some significant time. (I know, I know, I'm looking for technical solutions to a social problem...)
- 2Gkashmiri 6y agoyou know when india literally banned internet to 8 million humans, for months ALL connections were simply shut, isps turned off their setup. later when they did let whitelisted websites, i found out not all VPNs worked, it was a "cat and mouse" game but i managed to ssh into a vps i set up through some weird gimmick and ssh tunnelling was the only way to access internet and that too, via 2G internet. it was terrible to say the least and the one phrase constantly being used, big brother style was "misuse" which translated into "dont you dare criticize the govt". i am saying stuff like this will continue to happen. even the assault against parler has shown such censorship can come in many forms and like it or not, it will happen everywhere https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/business/4g-suspension-500-days-and-counting/ https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/business/4g-suspension-5...