Is Slashdot Blocked In Parts Of India? (slashdot.org)

Long-time Slashdot reader davesag writes: I'm a regular long-term Slashdot reader and have been living in Delhi for the last 9 months. As of last Friday 25th August the only way I can access Slashdot at all is via a VPN. It appears that Slashdot has joined the growing list of websites the Indian Government finds threatening.

The Indian Government is deeply paranoid over internet access, with many sites being blocked, jail sentences for viewing blocked URLs, and bans on open wifi networks.
In 2015 the Indian government blocked access to over 800 adult web sites, and earlier this month they reportedly blocked access to Archive.org. "A block on Slashdot is over the top," davesag writes, "and makes me wonder what it is about this news site that the government here finds so terrifying."

Comments

jail wifi

[TimMD909]

Asking about a site the government has blocked with a post on that site seems like a good way to find out if jail has better WiFi than the local coffee shop.

Re:jail wifi

[dgatwood]

Not when the answer is obvious.

What about this news site does the government find so terrifying?

Goatse.

Re:jail wifi

[ShanghaiBill]

I am currently working in Shanghai, and Slashdot is not blocked here.
So India is finally ahead of China on something.

We'll describe it to you over the phone

[Tablizer]

Just outsource your browsing to Americans.

Turn on the Creimer-signal!

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe he has some important click data and sales figures that he can parse with a script! He'll tell us if he sells anything in India!

Quick! Everyone! Make a sound like a donut and creimer will show up!

I don't see the problem

[PopeRatzo]

Can't he just use the Slashdot app?

That's the only way I access /. these days. I don't like the fact that I have to give Slashdot access to my camera, microphone, contacts list, location data and biometric information, but it's convenient as hell.