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Tell HN: (weirdly, it works now) DuckDuckGo is blocked by Indian govt

22 pointsby thewhitetulipover 2 years ago
Starting a few hours ago I can no longer acces duckduckgo. It says &quot;Your requested URL has been blocked as per the directions received from the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India&quot;<p>Edit: Freakishly it has started working now.. I was using Idea network and it didn&#x27;t work for quite some time

15 comments

dolores_tyrionover 2 years ago
i&#x27;m using govt owned railwire fiber connection (this is the only fiber available in my village) and its working, to be fair lot of things that don&#x27;t work on jio seems to work on railwire, like DNS route for some torrent sites, seems the private orgs had resources to implement new restrictions but railwire seems to lack it, (have vpn for security i occasionally check things without vpn)
estover 2 years ago
Can you paste curl -svk <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;duckduckgo.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;duckduckgo.com&#x2F;</a> ?<p>Checking with browsers are not reliable.
taxman22over 2 years ago
Similar situation happened in July 2020 <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2020&#x2F;7&#x2F;4&#x2F;21313393&#x2F;duckduckgo-india-privacy-apps-banned" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2020&#x2F;7&#x2F;4&#x2F;21313393&#x2F;duckduckgo-india-...</a>
Garbageover 2 years ago
Which ISP are you using? I can confirm I am able to access DuckDuckGo on Airtel. No issues at all.
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Brajeshwarover 2 years ago
Works for me. Here is my setup if the info helps.<p>Three ISPs bonded&#x2F;balanced - Act, Airtel, Jio.<p>Goes through AdGuad DNS + Apple Private Relay turned ON with &quot;Maintain General Location.&quot;<p>Note: I had never used the ISPs DNS since OpenDNS days. So, OpenDNS, Google, CloudFlare, NextDNS, AdGuard.
vbcrover 2 years ago
Working for me. Pioneer broadband. Hyd.
pseudostemover 2 years ago
Works for me, both on cellular and on home broadband. Would be good if you confirmed with your ISP first.
msraviover 2 years ago
I&#x27;m on ACT in Bangalore, and I can very much access DuckDuckGo<p>Edit: I can also access using Airtel mobile
22SASover 2 years ago
Stuff like this makes me happy that I don&#x27;t live there anymore and never won&#x27;t :)
currydoveover 2 years ago
Yep, in India and on Jio where it&#x27;s working for fine for me.... For now.
surdsover 2 years ago
Can access on Jio fiber
lithiumheadover 2 years ago
Working on hathway
jayanmnover 2 years ago
Which provider..?<p>Tested with airtel and act. Works fine..
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sidcoolover 2 years ago
Working for me
gjsman-1000over 2 years ago
A reminder that this all nearly happened in the US with SOPA and PIPA, which would have brought internet censorship to the United States, ostensibly for stopping the sharing of copyrighted material (at least, to start with).<p>The internet banded together on that, and Congress hasn’t dared strengthen copyright laws since in over a decade of fallout. I think it’s a shame we can do it again for Right to Repair and DMCA 1201 repeal, but it’s odd to look back and know how close it could have happened here, and how it still could if we lose vigilance.