For the past 8 months we've been working on building a series of probes;<p>- Android <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.org.blocked.app" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.org.blocked...</a><p>- Python <a href="https://github.com/openrightsgroup/OrgProbe" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/openrightsgroup/OrgProbe</a><p>- Raspberry PI images <a href="https://github.com/openrightsgroup/lepidopter" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/openrightsgroup/lepidopter</a>)<p>And an open API to power them: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Censorship_Monitoring_Project_API" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Censorship_Monitoring_...</a><p>This is helping to build a picture of what the UK Governments Internet Blocking/Filtering/Censorship actually looks like.<p>You can submit URLs to be tested by visiting <a href="https://www.Blocked.org.uk" rel="nofollow">https://www.Blocked.org.uk</a> by installing the Android app or by tweeting a URL with the hashtag #IsBlocked<p>Once we receive a URL it is dispatched to all probes over a period of time where it is checked against a know list of blocking methods.<p>The results are returned back to the API for public evaluation.<p>For example: <a href="https://www.blocked.org.uk/results?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.ycombinator.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.blocked.org.uk/results?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.yc...</a><p>Please help us build a picture of UK Internet Censorship by adding URLs to be tested, by helping develop new probes (browser extensions, an iPhone client etc etc) or just by spreading the word that <a href="https://Blocked.org.uk" rel="nofollow">https://Blocked.org.uk</a> is available.<p>Please also see <a href="https://www.blocked.org.uk/faq" rel="nofollow">https://www.blocked.org.uk/faq</a> which will explain the level of filtering enabled on some of the probes which will explain why some sites may appear blocked even if you, being on the same ISP, can reach said URL.
Wow, I had not expected this. My personal blog (which is about technology) is being blocked by one of the ISPs. I don't host porn nor have I ever, so why is it blocked behind their porn filter? Interesting....<p><a href="https://www.blocked.org.uk/results?url=http://lucb1e.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.blocked.org.uk/results?url=http://lucb1e.com</a><p>Edit: TalkTalk live chat support reports that I am not being blocked. Citation:<p>> I can confirm that is not blocked by our Adult Filters as your website does not have any adult content.<p>So it seems blocked.org.uk has a false-positive...
Ah I knew something was in the works as Andrews & Arnold were writing about obtaining connections from ISPs to test what was blocked. Great to know what is being censored (if you are not on A&A).
I've been checking various websites I go on that are completely fine for kids. It's amazing what's getting blocked. One example according to that website is, TalkTalk blocks "<a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/"" rel="nofollow">http://www.writingexcuses.com/"</a> It's a podcast that teaches story writing.<p>Blocking that is insane!<p>And the blocked website itself is blocked on two ISPs <a href="https://www.blocked.org.uk/results?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblocked.org.uk" rel="nofollow">https://www.blocked.org.uk/results?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblocked....</a>
I just learned that one of my personal sites is blocked on BT and TalkTalk... there is zero adult or other inappropriate content on it. Time to complain, I guess, but I'm sure they will just go straight to /dev/null :(
Sad to see that The Best Page In The Universe (<a href="http://maddox.xmission.com" rel="nofollow">http://maddox.xmission.com</a>) seems to be blocked by a non-zero number of larger ISPs.<p>Obviously all those children need to be protected from harsh reviews of their artwork.