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Are PressTV and RT banned? Is there a list of banned sites and tech used? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by hackerwacker@lemmy.ml to c/unitedkingdom@lemmy.ml

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I can't seem to access https://www.presstv.ir or https://www.rt.com

Are these banned in the UK?

Is there a list of sites banned in the UK (whether by ofcom or any other agency or company)?

I couldn't find any news stories or discussions about this. How does the UK banning people from being able to access foreign news sites apparently just fly under the radar?

What is the technology used?

Thanks.

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[–] peto@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I can resolve them on mobile internet and my home wifi. Maybe it's your ISP? Try changing your DNS settings to a known good one.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Good advice, but zero instruction...

@OP

DNS is like a phonebook of the internet, by default you are using the one you get from your ISP, but you can change it fairly easily.

How you change it depends on what operating system you are using.

There are plenty of guides out there.

1.1.1.1 - This is Cloudflare's DNS server.

1.0.0.1 - This is Cloudflare's secondary DNS server.

8.8.8.8 - This is Google's DNS server.

8.8.4.4 - This is Google's secondary DNS server.

9.9.9.9 - This is Quad9's DNS server.

149.112.112.112 - This is Quad9's secondary DNS server.

208.67.222.222 - This is OpenDNS' DNS server

208.67.220.220 - This is OpenDNS' secondary DNS server.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

We've always been at war with Eurasia

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Can access PressTV, but not RT on normal internet. I can however access RT via Tor so I think RT is being blocked.