#blockedcontent — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #blockedcontent, aggregated by home.social.
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Bloomberg: Iran internet blackout tightens military’s grip on civilian life. “Iran’s record internet blackout is emerging as a key dividing line between the country’s powerful security apparatus and its civilian government, underlining how the war with the U.S. has extended the military’s control over daily life.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/bloomberg-iran-internet-blackout-tightens-militarys-grip-on-civilian-life/ -
TechCrunch: Russian authorities block paywall removal site Archive.today. “Paywall bypass website Archive.today and several of its associated domains (including .is and .ph) have been blocked by Russian authorities, according to error pages that appeared when loading its websites. The pages appear blocked as of Monday when TechCrunch visited the websites from the U.S. East Coast. “
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/24/techcrunch-russian-authorities-block-paywall-removal-site-archive-today/ -
NiemanLab: News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns. “When The Guardian took a look at who was trying to extract its content, access logs revealed that the Internet Archive was a frequent crawler, said Robert Hahn, head of business affairs and licensing. The publisher decided to limit the Internet Archive’s access to published articles, minimizing the chance […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/30/niemanlab-news-publishers-limit-internet-archive-access-due-to-ai-scraping-concerns/ -
Mashable: TikTok says it’s ‘investigating’ its Epstein problem . “TikTok claims it isn’t deliberately censoring the name ‘Epstein’ in direct messages, but says it’s investigating a bug that stops some DMs that include the name from being sent.”
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Al Jazeera: Russia continues tech crackdown by blocking Snapchat, FaceTime access. “Russian authorities have blocked access to Snapchat and Apple’s video calling service FaceTime in the latest move by Moscow clamping down on foreign tech platforms as it tightens control over the country’s internet and online communications.”
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TorrentFreak: Belgium Targets Internet Archive’s ‘Open Library’ in Sweeping Site Blocking Order (Update). “The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued a broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna’s Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive’s Open Library. In addition to ISP blocks, the order also directs search […]
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ZDNet: Cloudflare just changed the internet, and it’s bad news for the AI giants. “The major internet Content Delivery Network (CDN), Cloudflare, has declared war on AI companies. Starting July 1, Cloudflare now blocks by default AI web crawlers accessing content from your websites without permission or compensation.”