It is still perfectly possible to access RT from Spain, even using regular ISP DNS servers.
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices
by liopleurodon on Saturday May 11, 2024 @10:31AM
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That's not my experience with Movistar, they are throwing down the gauntlet
mullivad has a free to use DNS over https service by the way.
Thanks, though that specifically why I am questioning that it is the EU in this case. Because rt.com is reachable in Sweden just fine, including sub-sites. Which, to me, says that it must be national sanctions, or at minimum, national lists of what to 'block'.
Because rt.com is reachable in Sweden just fine, including sub-sites.
See discussion further down thread, but basically the block in Sweden seems to be on the ISP level and depends on which ISP you have. I can access rt.com via work wifi, but not not over mobile data via Telia. Another user who has Telia as their home ISP cannot access rt.com from home either.
Here's my personal experience with this:
Germany does exactly what you describe, the bare minimum to say "we're blocking" --- DNS omitting certain sites.
Spain is doing deep packet inspection, blocking DNS requests that lookup RT, so DNS over HTTPS or through a VPN is a must. Additionally, they're also reading the SNI in TLS requests and blocking that way. If you try accessing RT in pure unencrypted HTTP you're get some fortigate blocking message back.