Submission + - Since Friday 25 August Slashdot appears to have been blocked in India (slashdot.org)
davesag writes: I'm a regular long-term Slashdot reader and have been living in Delhi for the last 9 months. As of last Friday 25th August the only way I can access Slashdot at all is via a VPN. It appears that Slashdot has joined the growing list of websites the Indian Government finds threatening.
The Indian Government is deeply paranoid over internet access, with many sites being blocked, jail sentences for viewing blocked URLs (https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/08/21/157239/india-threatens-3-year-jail-sentences-for-viewing-blocked-torrents) and bans on open wifi networks (https://yro.slashdot.org/story/08/09/17/1336255/open-wi-fi-may-become-illegal-in-india). A block on Slashdot is over the top and makes me wonder what it is about this news site that the government here finds so terrifying.
The Indian Government is deeply paranoid over internet access, with many sites being blocked, jail sentences for viewing blocked URLs (https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/08/21/157239/india-threatens-3-year-jail-sentences-for-viewing-blocked-torrents) and bans on open wifi networks (https://yro.slashdot.org/story/08/09/17/1336255/open-wi-fi-may-become-illegal-in-india). A block on Slashdot is over the top and makes me wonder what it is about this news site that the government here finds so terrifying.
