Today I discovered that the Canadian non-profit womenonweb.org is blocked in Spain, for some reason... I of course knew that Spain is very Catholic, but to outright block political websites like this, in 2024?
I thought we were way past that...
Seems they've been blocked since 2020 and still is today. https://sindominio.net/sincensura/en/post/informe/
Women on Web website censored in Spain
With this article we would like to raise awareness around the increasing level of web censorship and information control that Spanish Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have initiated. We will share all the technical details about the persistent blocking of the Women on Web website by all major Spanish ISPs. Authors: Vasilis Ververis, Fadelkon, Ana, Bita, Samba Blocked website: womenonweb.org DPI middlebox vendors: Allot, Fortinet Blocking methodologies: DNS Manipulation, HTTP Blocking, TLS Interception, TCP resets
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