pendingo Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Has the ban on the Daily Mail been lifted? I was browsing through Facebook this morning and came across an interesting article posted by the Daily Mail. When I clicked on it I was directed to the Daily Mail online instead of the usual green banner telling me this site has been prohibited. Quite a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draftvader Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Depends on the link. If the link is to the homepage or certain articles then it is banned. Otherwise it does seem a little random and seems to be based on the referring page in some way. They slammed the ban in place on a certain date but new content is being indexed and linked so is available. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Also depends on the ISP. On my notebook, my ISP works fine for some of the sections (e.g. News/US/Sport) but not others (e.g. Home/Money). But works just fine on all sections on my iPhone. No change since initial clampdown last year - following the UK news story that caused the (partial) block. When I try at the airport (different ISP), can't connect to any sections on my notebook. So, seems to be pot luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Who would want to read it[apart from the sport],may be a better question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Who would want to read it[apart from the sport],may be a better question. A good question, whenever anything's banned the demand always increases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallyrd Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 My internet provider in Bang Lumung always displays the green page whereas the internet provider where I work (not telling you where) accessing the Daily Mail home page is not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beetlejuice Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 How to access the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk - NO http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html - YES 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) I'd never heard of the Daily Mail until it was banned. Made me want to read it regardless. Having read it however, maybe I was better off in my ignorance of this esteemed publication! Oh and it does seem to be unblocked now, don't need VPN to access the root homepage Edited February 28, 2015 by GinBoy2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 It does indeed seem to be unblocked (TOT FTTx). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patsycat Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) I read it every morning with my first and second coffee, here in Europe. If i wanted to read The Times or the Telegraph i would have to pay. I also read my local papers, too. I actually like it, in a sort of odd way. And you lot that put it down, why should you be at all interested in it being there or not? Or are you secret readers, but would never admit it?!! Edited February 28, 2015 by Patsycat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 It always amazes me how many knock it but always seem to know what is in it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean in udon Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Just tried on my iPhone. Wifi with TOT and 3G with AIS. Still blocked for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 How to access the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk - NO http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html - YES Both blocked for me (Bangkok / True Online). Not that I really care, other than it bothers me that I'm living in a quasi-fascist state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 How to access the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk - NO http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html - YES No No So funny to watch that they are not even able to implement a consistent blocking. Its about the 6th (?) thread about DM that I read. Sometime it is unblocked (mishap). Today only MICT http://203.113.26.210. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 ZenMate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 The sport section is good,the rest xenophobic rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I read it every morning with my first and second coffee, here in Europe. If i wanted to read The Times or the Telegraph i would have to pay. I also read my local papers, too. I actually like it, in a sort of odd way. And you lot that put it down, why should you be at all interested in it being there or not? Or are you secret readers, but would never admit it?!! Until the 'ban' I would never have known about it. It's a weird combo in my mind. Tabloid, xenophobic, titillation. If I had to compare, it's like a print version of Fox News, but without the chiseled jaws, pouting breasts and manic shouting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Back blocked again (ToT FTTx) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 The sport section is good,the rest xenophobic rubbish. Or as some would say ,the truth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 How to access the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk - NO http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html - YES Both blocked for me (Bangkok / True Online). Not that I really care, other than it bothers me that I'm living in a quasi-fascist state. Both blocked for me using AIS too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draftvader Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 From what I can tell the internet controls here are put in place by the ISP. Add to this the methodology employed to block access (i.e. they don't appear to use wildcards) and you can see why it appears incredibly arbitrary. To track a constantly evolving, content centric, website like the Daily Mail requires a fair amount of processing power and human intervention. Why would our ISPs want to do any more of this than they have to? Just tried the following dailymail.co.uk - blocked (including with www. and without) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html - available http://www.dailymail.co.uk/auhome/index.html - (Australia) blocked http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/index.html - blocked http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/index.html - blocked http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/index.html - blocked http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/index.html - available In fact, on investigation, it appears that they have blocked a number of sections, but not the news ?!?!? Bizarrely THAT video IS available!!!! It would seem the ball was dropped on this one a while ago. Whether the Daily Mail simply moved the article out of the blocked regions I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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