WTF! Fastelco have blocked Flickr! Amazing.
Looks like we'll all have to use proxies now, as they do in other gulf regimes that abuse human rights.
Don't know if Qualitynet have also pulled the plug.
So, let me understand this... the Ministry of (dis)Information want to block websites to save people from themselves, because they may be tainted by the big bad outside world... so they're then forcing people to learn how to bypass their silly blocking. And as a consequence, really open up pandora's box.
It doesn't really take too many brain cells to figure out that once people learn how to use a proxy server (which in the real world isn't really necessary), you then can roam the internet relatively freely, and now you're really exposing yourself to the big bad world out there... websites that have, shock, horror,... alcohol, pork, porn (not that I would know), free speech... ...oh dear.
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'tis for me!?? This is what I get...
Your requested URL has encountered an ERROR or is RESTRICTED !
إلتزاماً منا بالمحافظة على قيمنا الإسلامية الفضيلة وتماشياً مع القيم الأسرية والأخلاقية ومسئوليتنا الإجتماعية تجاه مستخدمي خدمات فاست تلكو فقد تم منع الدخول لهذه الصفحة .
Based on our Islamic, family and social values Fast Telco is blocking inappropriate content.
If you feel this is a mistake, please contact our network support team by providing them the following details. Your cooperation is highly appreciated.
hey at least in kuwait you have many companies and options .. look at us here in UAE, we have one monster called Etisalat, and it's blocking nearly everything!!
What else is new in Kuwait!
I have so many printed examples of the numerous sites they block (even ones that there is no reason to block). I also have letters written by western embassy employees and high-ranking military members to quality net complaining about this. And to top it all off I have a letter written by a Kuwaiti diplomat (one of the ones I met with) to Human Rights Watch attesting to the fact that Kuwait does NOT censor the Internet!
Gotta love the lying idiots!
UPDATE - it's back now... no explanation from Fastelco. Don't know whether they got my message or not. Courtesy of returning phone calls or emails is lost in this country. I get a shock when a travel agent actually calls back like they've promised... most don't.
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