Tech | July 01, 2010 | 4 comments

Ireland 'starts blocking websites'

source: http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/ckwvl/irish_isp_starts_censoring_the_internet_imgur/

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Found via Twitter on the Glinner feed, but from reading the reddit website it sounds like the image sharer website imgur has been blocked in Ireland by o2. http://imgur.com/

"Its looks like 02 are the first broadbrand provider to become complicit with the new governemnt nanny state internet policies. I woke up this morning went to reddit and every link to imgur is blocked WTF 02? Blocked becasue of their child protection policy - is anyone else having this problem?"-Reddit

It's hard to see why imgur would be stamped as a risk to child protection, unless there's a problem with pictures of a horse or a hedgehog in a chocolate box. Though, the block has many Reddit users upset.

There's an article on Daily Tech from April about the website blocking laws in Ireland. http://www.dailytech.com/Ireland+Considering+Chinalike+Filter+to+Block+Infringed...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0416/1224268442542.html

"But critics say it is a blunt instrument that does little to combat pornography or other activities, while causing headaches for networks and ISPs. It can also cause inconvenience and costly disruptions to service for innocent companies and individuals if their websites, internet access and e-mail get cut off.

Paul Durrant of the Internet Service Providers’ Association of Ireland says blocking brings cost burdens for service providers and is not particularly effective. He also says it often means many legitimate websites are barred."
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4 comments // Ireland 'starts blocking websites'

  • EclecticBadger
  • Omnomynous
    • -4
      Omnomynous  

    • It fits, Ireland bitch of the British which is the country of origin of Orwell...

      Really after all these years falling lockstep with what the British would have you do?

      For shame.

    • 1 year ago
  • OrbViper
    • 0
      OrbViper  
    • Omnomynous:

      What in the world does this comment even mean? Just honestly, because a man who was committed against totalitarianism was from a country next to this one somehow means that it's doomed to fall to totalitarianism? Why don't you think before you post next time on a subject you fail to understand and just cause needless insult to many with your ignorance.

    • 1 year ago
  • musicjohnny
    • +3
      musicjohnny  

    • Can't a 403 error mean a lot of things though? I'm pretty sure it can apply to everything from too many users to an invalid SSL certificate to a bunch of other stuff...
      I could be totally wrong but I don't think that's a sure sign that it was blocked by anyone at all.

    • 1 year ago
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