Another Banned Site?

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I keep getting the Error 403 when trying to access Skeptiko, which describes itself as a 'science at the tipping point site' out of the US. What on earth they can have done to upset the junta I've absolutely no idea? There's not the usual Big green warning page with insignia. What could it be? I enjoy their podcasts and forum

[WaywardWind]

Never heard of it but I just went to the site and it worked fine from here in Naklua, so the problem is something else.

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Never heard of it but I just went to the site and it worked fine from here in Naklua, so the problem is something else.

Thanks for responding. I just managed to access it through one of their onscreen subforums, but when pasting the name in my browser, that Error keeps coming back so must be a browser error. Military rule paranoia then.

[Pib]

Opens fine for me on Chrome and IE...I'm on True in Bangkok.

[WitawatWatawit]

Fine with me - 3BB in Jomtien/darkside.

Never heard of this site, so thanks for the link. It looks fascinating and a very healthy distraction from TV. BTW, don't confuse it with skeptico, which is an atheist website (unless you enjoy articles by atheist activists - which I do).

[wandasloan]

An error 403 is NOT by the junta - it is by the website you are trying to access. For some reason of its own, it does not want you to access what you are trying to access. Therefore "you are forbidden". The message sent is entirely up to the website and does not have to be "you are forbidden". It could, if the webmaster wants, say "Welcome to my board but say out of this directory" or it could say "We don't want your kind".... or anything she wants it to say.

Most commonly 403 is used to shut you out of certain directories that the website owner doesn't want you to see - but the point is that it's the website itself that generates the errors, not the jackbooted thugs or your proxy.

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[Crossy]

Yup, +1 on wandasloan, you've probably acquired an IP address in a range flagged as a spam source.

Re-booting your router may do the trick and get you a new IP outside the list.

[Kasset Tak]

That one is not banned but the UK newspaper Daily Mail is banned. I searched for some information and got one link on Google but I can't acces, I only get the page from Ministry of Information.

Sorry, I could just open it when typing the address directly but I still can't access with the link...

Edited September 5, 2014 by Kasset Tak

[keeniau96]

No problem with the site with TOT WiNet in Phuket. Very nice wallpaper for the site background.

[PREM-R]

That one is not banned but the UK newspaper Daily Mail is banned. I searched for some information and got one link on Google but I can't acces, I only get the page from Ministry of Information.

Sorry, I could just open it when typing the address directly but I still can't access with the link...

The Daily Mail home page is blocked but you can access the rest of the site.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html

Edited September 5, 2014 by PREM-R