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Re: OT: BdNOG announces website blocks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Andrews)
Wed Nov 18 19:27:32 2015
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From: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:13:30 -0800."
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:27:17 +1100
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In message <20151118161330.47687A7@m0087793.ppops.net>, "Scott Weeks" writes:
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Scott Weeks <surfer@mauigateway.com> wrote:
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> > ---------------------------------------------
> > Md. abdullah Al naser mail.naserbd at yahoo.com
> > Wed Nov 18 12:56:15 BDT 2015
> >
> > The service of Facebook, Viber and Whatsapp are
> > blocked from now till further notice. It has been
> > ordered by Begum Tarana Halim, State Minister, Post
> > and Telecommunications.
> > ----------------------------------------------
> >
> > I just saw this on BdNOG and thought it might be
> > interesting to others here and where some of the
> > internet is headed...
> >
> > Wow, all of these govt's just can't seem to deal
> > with not being able to completely control *everything*
> > about the populace.
> >
> > So, in Bangladesh, no communicating with your social
> > peers, no free calls, text or picture sharing and no
> > mobile messaging. The new State Minister for Post
> > and Telecommunications in Bangladesh wants her money.
> >
> > It'd be interesting to hear how they're attempting
> > to make it happen.
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>
>
> --- shortdudey123@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Grant Ridder <shortdudey123@gmail.com>
>
> Any idea if this includes Instagram as well since it is
> a Facebook asset?
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>
> No idea. I am seeing this want of govt's everywhere.
> Australia, China, US, BD, etc, etc. It makes me want
> to get hosed off with disinfectant.
And the Australian PM boasted about using apps which encrypted
traffic to avoid surveillance before he became PM. Perhaps he
should be locked up as a terrorist.
Mark
> scott
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