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Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by brabel on Monday May 06, 2024 @02:47AM (#40271870)
It seems in some EU countries you can still reach RT or BY.

Try one of these (none accessible to me in Sweden):

* https://sputnikglobe.com

* https://sputnik.by

* https://rt.com/

My wife is Belarussian and was upset she couldn't read her news, that's how I know they banned many websites. They didn't ban the "opposition" websites run from outside Russia/Belarus though :).

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Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by dagw on Monday May 06, 2024 @04:44AM (#40272544)
Al three work fine for me (also in Sweden). Perhaps different ISPs are dealing with this differently.
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Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by brabel on Monday May 06, 2024 @05:25AM (#40272771)
That's scary. Perhaps they only block if you try to access the sites regularly?? I wouldn't think my ISP matters (Telia, which one you're on?) but that's possible too.
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Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by dagw on Monday May 06, 2024 @06:42AM (#40273128)
Did some more tests and seems to be Telia doing the blocking at the ISP level. When I'm connected to the eduroam wifi network (I'm at a university) then I can get to all those sites. When I turn off wifi and use mobile data, via Telia, then they are blocked. If I use mobile data plus a VPN with the location set to Sweden, I can access the sites again. I have Tele2 as my ISP at home, will be interesting to see if that works or not.
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