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From: Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
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Subject: Re: "ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without legal precedent"
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:05:14 +1100
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On 27/03/2019 3:12 pm, keithr0 wrote:
> On 3/27/2019 8:21 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> In aus.legal Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 26/03/2019 1:52 pm, Je?us wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The nanny state is insatiable in it's desire for censorship:
>>>>
>>>> "ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without legal
>>>> precedent
>>>>
>>>> https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/03/isps-in-au-and-nz-start-censoring-the-internet-without-legal-precedent/ 
>>>>
>>>
>>> Optus are blocking Live Leaks, at the IP address level.
>>
>> Rats, that's all my alternative ISP options down the drain then.
>> Telstra are blocking at least the DNS, I can't seem to test the
>> IP address because DNS resolver web pages are giving wrong IP
>> addresses for some reason (only tried archive.is).
>>
> If they're blocking the DNS request, simply use another DNS server.
> 
> Google 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4
> IBM 9.9.9.9
> Cloudflare 1.1.1.1

Optus, at least, are blocking the IP address.

Sylvia.