Great Firewall of Thailand Proposal Could Enforce Bitcoin Ban Even Further
Freedom of speech is a basic human right that is not embraced with open arms in every country in the world. China has its great “firewall”, and it looks like Thailand wants to restrict Internet access in the entire country as well. The political groundwork for Thailand’s Great Firewall has been revealed, and it’s not looking good. Over the past few years, Thai government officials have been restricting access to certain websites slandering political figures and posting pornography, without affecting the entire course of the Internet within the country’s borders. Unlike China, Thailand....
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A popular bitcoin-related discussion forum on the web has apparently been blocked by China's Great Firewall (also known as the Great Firewall of China, of course). BitcoinTalk.org has stood for years as the predominant place for bitcoin conversation on the internet, but if this news is proven, our friends in China won't have access unless they bypass their government's censorship. The news came from BitcoinTalk.org's administrator, known on the web as Theymos. He posted to social sharing website Reddit.com sharing the news, which has no doubt sprouted chatter on the matter. His submission....
Disclaimer: This article is satire. None of the quotes in this article are real and do not reflect the opinions or proposed policies of the people named in the article. 2016 presidential certainty Donald Trump has stated he will “build a firewall” around US financial institutions to “keep out Bitcoin and its heinous dogey brethren,” adding that he will....
Hours ago, Bitcoin Forum and Bitcoin Subreddit moderator, Theymos, posted to inform everyone that Bitcointalk.org had been blocked by the Great Firewall of China. From all over China, with the exception of Shanghai, Bitcoiners are reporting that Bitcointalk.org is now blocked. No official explanation for the block has been given, though speculation will fly. Chinese Bitcoiners should use https://bitcointa.lk/ or research methods to bypass the Great Firewall of China. Greatfirewallofchina.org is a website where you can query a website's accessibility from several locations within China. As....
On September 28, reports stemming from social media and crypto-focused forums detailed that China has been blocking a number of cryptocurrency websites. The Twitter handle for 8btc News tweeted that the web portals coinmarketcap.com and coingecko.com have been blocked from mainland China. The ‘Great Firewall,’ as it is often called, has also blocked a number of other sites like tradingview.com as well.
Specific Crypto Web Portals Are Currently Inaccessible in China
One thing the world knows is that China likes to censor the internet and via the combination of....