Internet censorship

Bluengel180 · 20th July 2011, 23:52

Today while surfing I found that MEDIAFIRE
And RAPIDSHARE site is blocked by DOT
( Department Of Telecom ) , I asked and
confirmed from my friends that Mediafire and
Rapidshare is blocked in multiple isps and other
operators will be also banning it soon. .
As Per News All File Hosting Sites Like :
01 . Megaupload. com
02 . Mediafire. com
03 . Megavideo. com
04 . VideoBB.com
05 . Novamov .com
06 . Movshare. net
07 . Rapidshare. com
08 . Putlocker .com
09 . Hotfile. com
10 . Fileserve .com
11 . Filesonic. com
12 . Filesonic. in
13 . Depositfiles.com
14 . Wupload. com
etc Will Also Get Banned Soon. .
Also ALL PORN Sites Will Get Banned.
As Per News TRAI And Telecom Company's Are
Banning This To Prevent Piracy And PORN In
India

Torrents are next

Google for more info

Klub Class · 21st July 2011, 00:01

For the record, I'm still able to access RapidShare using my BSNL BB.

Makes me wonder if DOT ban the anonymous proxy sites too!

vina · 21st July 2011, 00:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluengel180

oday While Surfing I Found That MEDIAFIRE
And RAPIDSHARE Site Is Blocked By DOT
( Department Of Telecom ) , I Asked And
Confirmed From My Friends That Mediafire And
Rapidshare Is Blocked In multiple isps And Other
Operators Will Be Also Banning It Soon. .
As Per News All File Hosting Sites Like :
01 . Megaupload. com
02 . Mediafire. com
03 . Megavideo. com
04 . VideoBB.com
05 . Novamov .com
06 . Movshare. net
07 . Rapidshare. com
08 . Putlocker .com
09 . Hotfile. com
10 . Fileserve .com
11 . Filesonic. com
12 . Filesonic. in
13 . Depositfiles.com
14 . Wupload. com
etc Will Also Get Banned Soon. .
Also ALL PORN Sites Will Get Banned.
As Per News TRAI And Telecom Company's Are
Banning This To Prevent Piracy And PORN In
India

Torrents are next

Google for more info

I tried 8-9 sites out of what you have mentioned. Except for MEDIAFIRE every one of the others is working - mediafire does say blocks by DOT.

Also you seem to have taken the list from:

File and Video sharing sites Banned in India | TechTin

Bluengel180 · 21st July 2011, 00:22

Same list everywhere. Could not post the source as I'm posting from my phone.

The rolling out of the ban will be ISP wise.soon everyone will be affected

prateekm · 21st July 2011, 00:23

It might take some time for the DNS to get refreshed, after which the sites won't open. Anyways, talking about torrents, there are 1000's of private trackers out there, there is no way they can ban everything.

roy_libran · 21st July 2011, 11:18

Haven't checked up on this, but I'm personally against all forms of censorship.

In my view, Censorship impedes the natural evolution of human society, by becoming a means to impose old / conservative / majority (presently) perspectives, on coming human generations. Hence, I think that every individual needs to be given an ecosystem, where he or she has the ability to choose what thoughts or pursuits to follow.
Again, judging in the wider context of society, such pursuits may be JUDGED as right or wrong, but that judgement is relative, and liable to change over time. That change MUST BE ALLOWED!

I look forward, but will not be alive to see, the day when human society allows itself complete freedom.

xingamazon · 21st July 2011, 13:22

Mediafire seems to be working fine. dont know what the issue is.
Do try this, try pinging the site and enter the IP address of site and enter it in the browser.

sgiitk · 21st July 2011, 14:26

Tried using one proxy server. Blocked. Second one is Ok. I guess this is only a matter of time before this too goes.

download2live · 21st July 2011, 14:45

Reminds me of license raj. Govt trying to meddle into petty things when the people are dying of hunger an diseases. And that age old crusade against "the oldest game in town". Oh god. When will it stop. Grow up hypocrites.

mayankk · 21st July 2011, 16:06

I think this is them trying a blanket directive to counter incidents like:
Staff watches porn, Haryana roadways asked to pay Rs 62k bill

all the 2shared type sites also host clips etc.
all types of 'em.
Private ISPs may have tried blocking in anticipation, but i am sure NIC will have fully blocked out these sites.

This kind of jasmine ban will not work here, i feel

BaCkSeAtDrIVeR · 21st July 2011, 16:53

Who is banning whom? What? Where? huh? ;-D

There are ways and ways and ways .....

Captain Slow · 21st July 2011, 17:41

Everything is working on my Airtel BB. Rapidshare, hotfile all of them are working.

kaushik_s · 21st July 2011, 18:00

Welcome to the new iron curtain. Are we also heading towards some dictator's regime where they want to decide what is good for us and what is not? Why such bans on file sharing? Do they expect us to use Indian postal service to send out big sized files to another person instead of using file sharing services? What is next? Block all email sites too and then probably even block online shopping and then all the forums such as this? What is going on here? These old thought policymakers will take the country only backwards. Till now things are working with Airtel, but for how long.

snorting bull · 21st July 2011, 18:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaushik_s

These old thought policymakers will take the country only backwards.

Guess not. It will come back in a different route. I believe, there will be revolutionary ways to access these going forward.

asdon · 21st July 2011, 18:15

Banning porn sites ok, but what about site hosting movies

, so Govt wants us to buy original cds of all movies else go to multiplex and pay 300+ to watch them? In that way youtube may also get banned IMO

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20th July 2011, 23:52	#1
Bluengel180 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 281 Thanked: 752 Times	Internet censorship Today while surfing I found that MEDIAFIRE And RAPIDSHARE site is blocked by DOT ( Department Of Telecom ) , I asked and confirmed from my friends that Mediafire and Rapidshare is blocked in multiple isps and other operators will be also banning it soon. . As Per News All File Hosting Sites Like : 01 . Megaupload. com 02 . Mediafire. com 03 . Megavideo. com 04 . VideoBB.com 05 . Novamov .com 06 . Movshare. net 07 . Rapidshare. com 08 . Putlocker .com 09 . Hotfile. com 10 . Fileserve .com 11 . Filesonic. com 12 . Filesonic. in 13 . Depositfiles.com 14 . Wupload. com etc Will Also Get Banned Soon. . Also ALL PORN Sites Will Get Banned. As Per News TRAI And Telecom Company's Are Banning This To Prevent Piracy And PORN In India Torrents are next Google for more info Last edited by GTO : 22nd July 2011 at 22:38. Reason: Please do NOT type every word with the first alphabet in CAPS. It's an eyesore
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21st July 2011, 00:01	#2
Klub Class Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: KA17\|KL65\|KL41 Posts: 5,029 Thanked: 2,005 Times	re: Internet censorship For the record, I'm still able to access RapidShare using my BSNL BB. Makes me wonder if DOT ban the anonymous proxy sites too!
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21st July 2011, 00:22	#4
Bluengel180 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 281 Thanked: 752 Times	Same list everywhere. Could not post the source as I'm posting from my phone. The rolling out of the ban will be ISP wise.soon everyone will be affected
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21st July 2011, 00:23	#5
prateekm BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Mumbai & BLR Posts: 789 Thanked: 555 Times	re: Internet censorship It might take some time for the DNS to get refreshed, after which the sites won't open. Anyways, talking about torrents, there are 1000's of private trackers out there, there is no way they can ban everything.
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21st July 2011, 11:18	#6
roy_libran Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: DNCR Posts: 1,701 Thanked: 3,650 Times View My Garage	re: Internet censorship Haven't checked up on this, but I'm personally against all forms of censorship. In my view, Censorship impedes the natural evolution of human society, by becoming a means to impose old / conservative / majority (presently) perspectives, on coming human generations. Hence, I think that every individual needs to be given an ecosystem, where he or she has the ability to choose what thoughts or pursuits to follow. Again, judging in the wider context of society, such pursuits may be JUDGED as right or wrong, but that judgement is relative, and liable to change over time. That change MUST BE ALLOWED! I look forward, but will not be alive to see, the day when human society allows itself complete freedom.
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21st July 2011, 13:22	#7
xingamazon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,400 Thanked: 122 Times	re: Internet censorship Mediafire seems to be working fine. dont know what the issue is. Do try this, try pinging the site and enter the IP address of site and enter it in the browser.
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21st July 2011, 14:26	#8
sgiitk Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gurugram Posts: 7,971 Thanked: 4,809 Times	re: Internet censorship Tried using one proxy server. Blocked. Second one is Ok. I guess this is only a matter of time before this too goes.
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21st July 2011, 14:45	#9
download2live Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: - Posts: 1,157 Thanked: 1,278 Times	re: Internet censorship Reminds me of license raj. Govt trying to meddle into petty things when the people are dying of hunger an diseases. And that age old crusade against "the oldest game in town". Oh god. When will it stop. Grow up hypocrites.
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21st July 2011, 16:06	#10
mayankk Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Delhi Posts: 5,235 Thanked: 8,617 Times View My Garage	re: Internet censorship I think this is them trying a blanket directive to counter incidents like: Staff watches porn, Haryana roadways asked to pay Rs 62k bill all the 2shared type sites also host clips etc. all types of 'em. Private ISPs may have tried blocking in anticipation, but i am sure NIC will have fully blocked out these sites. This kind of jasmine ban will not work here, i feel
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21st July 2011, 16:53	#11
BaCkSeAtDrIVeR Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kochi Posts: 2,540 Thanked: 758 Times	re: Internet censorship Who is banning whom? What? Where? huh? ;-D There are ways and ways and ways .....
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21st July 2011, 17:41	#12
Captain Slow Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,614 Thanked: 2,204 Times	re: Internet censorship Everything is working on my Airtel BB. Rapidshare, hotfile all of them are working.
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21st July 2011, 18:00	#13
kaushik_s Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,088 Thanked: 165 Times View My Garage	re: Internet censorship Welcome to the new iron curtain. Are we also heading towards some dictator's regime where they want to decide what is good for us and what is not? Why such bans on file sharing? Do they expect us to use Indian postal service to send out big sized files to another person instead of using file sharing services? What is next? Block all email sites too and then probably even block online shopping and then all the forums such as this? What is going on here? These old thought policymakers will take the country only backwards. Till now things are working with Airtel, but for how long.
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21st July 2011, 18:15	#15
asdon BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 949 Thanked: 296 Times View My Garage	re: Internet censorship Banning porn sites ok, but what about site hosting movies, so Govt wants us to buy original cds of all movies else go to multiplex and pay 300+ to watch them? In that way youtube may also get banned IMO.
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