NEW
DELHI: A number of Indian users are reporting they're not able to access
websites such as Pastebin, DailyMotion and Github while accessing the
internet through providers such as BSNL and Vodafone.
The block was first reported by Pastebin, a website where you can store text online for a set period of time, through its social media accounts on December 19. In a follow-up post on December 26, the site posted that it was still blocked in India on the directions of the Indian government.
A number of users also posted about the blocks on Reddit threads confirming that the sites have been blocked by Vodafone, BSNL and Hathway, among others. It now appears that the blocks are being carried out on the instructions of DoT (Department of Telecom). The telecom body reportedly issued a notification regarding the same on December 17. A screenshot of the circular has been posted on Twitter by Pranesh Prakash. The notification mentions that 32 URLs including Pastebin, video sharing sites Vimeo and DailyMotion, Internet archive site archive.org and Github.com( a web-based software code repository), have been blocked under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. DoT has also asked ISPs to submit compliance reports. However, we have not been able to verify the authenticity of the circular.
At the
time of writing this story, we could not access Pastern, DailyMotion
and Github on Vodafone 3G. Vodafone is not displaying any errors and is
simply blocking access. However, a number of users report that they're
getting an error that says 'the site is blocked as per the instructions
of Competent Authority.' We were able to access all the websites on
Airtel 3G.
The block was first reported by Pastebin, a website where you can store text online for a set period of time, through its social media accounts on December 19. In a follow-up post on December 26, the site posted that it was still blocked in India on the directions of the Indian government.
A number of users also posted about the blocks on Reddit threads confirming that the sites have been blocked by Vodafone, BSNL and Hathway, among others. It now appears that the blocks are being carried out on the instructions of DoT (Department of Telecom). The telecom body reportedly issued a notification regarding the same on December 17. A screenshot of the circular has been posted on Twitter by Pranesh Prakash. The notification mentions that 32 URLs including Pastebin, video sharing sites Vimeo and DailyMotion, Internet archive site archive.org and Github.com( a web-based software code repository), have been blocked under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. DoT has also asked ISPs to submit compliance reports. However, we have not been able to verify the authenticity of the circular.
At the
time of writing this story, we could not access Pastern, DailyMotion
and Github on Vodafone 3G. Vodafone is not displaying any errors and is
simply blocking access. However, a number of users report that they're
getting an error that says 'the site is blocked as per the instructions
of Competent Authority.' We were able to access all the websites on
Airtel 3G.
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