Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Access to Agos website denied by the "system"


"Access to the website of the Armenian Agos newspaper was temporarily denied to students of schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education on 23 January. The Turkish Telecom blamed an error of the system for the filtering of the website.

On Monday (23 January), access to the website of the Armenian Agos newspaper was temporarily denied at all schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education (MEB). Students who tried to access the site encountered the message, "The Turkish Telecom blocked access to this site upon the request of the MEB because of objectionable contents".

Later that day, the Turkish Telecom made an announcement related to the access block.
The company declared that access to personal websites and blogs had been blocked upon the preferences defined by the ministry. The website of the Agos newspaper was included in this filter because it was perceived as part of this category by the system, it was announced."

To find out more and read the full article, please visit:

http://bianet.org/english/minorities/135662-access-to-agos-website-denied-by-the-system

In fact, while it is hard to know/understand why personal blogs and websites were blocked , it is possible to check which sites are blocked according to the family or child filters from the link below:

http://guvenlinet.org/tr/domain_sorgula.html

Beware though, that after a few domain searches, the system also blocks you and states that you have been searching for too many domains! Wait a few hours and try again.