Don’t Block the Blog

Speaking up Against Internet Censorship, the world over

Archive for August, 2006

August 28, 2006

Blogspot Ban Reinstated

After exactly 18 days of true Internet freedom, Pakistan is yet again subjected to a total blackout of the entire Blogspot domain, at precisely 3:00pm (PST) reports have continued to pour in that Blogspot has become inaccessible to the users in Pakistan, although now official statement has been issue d in the regard but a […]

August 20, 2006

WordPress Codex Site Blocked

In another astonishing move by the Government of Pakistan it appears that the website http://codex.wordpress.org where exists the help and documentation files of the ever popular Content Management System – WordPress have been blocked for all users and developers in Pakistan. This can be considered as a severe blow to the promotion of the IT […]

August 10, 2006

Blogspot Unblocked

The PTA has yet again decided to unblock all blogs located on the blogspot domain, we proceed with caution and simply watch and see if this is a permanent change or just a temporary relief till they resume the blocking all over again. Attached is a Trace Route of a Blogspot Blog that verifies the […]