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These can be blocked for any period of time to protect site security. Please disconnect from the service before trying to edit Wikipedia again. You may need to reconfigure proxy settings on your computer or router. If you need to use an open proxy to access Wikipedia, request IP block exemption. If you are not using a proxy service, then follow ...
Filter administrators may prefer to err on the side of caution by accepting over blocking to prevent any risk of access to sites that they determine to be undesirable. Content-control software was mentioned as blocking access to Beaver College before its name change to Arcadia University. [19] Another example was the filtering of Horniman ...
Internet censorship is the legal control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet. Censorship is most often applied to specific internet domains (such as Wikipedia.org, for example) but exceptionally may extend to all Internet resources located outside the jurisdiction of the censoring state.
In response to the 2014 blocking of Twitter in Turkey, information about alternate DNS servers was widely shared, as using another DNS server such as Google Public DNS allowed users to access Twitter. [42] The day after the block, the total number of posts made in Turkey was up 138%, according to Brandwatch, an internet measurement firm. [33]
install internet filters or blocking software that prevents access to pictures that are: (a) obscene, (b) child pornography, or (c) harmful to minors (for computers that are accessed by minors); allow filtering or blocking to be disabled upon the request of an adult; and; adopt and enforce a policy to monitor the online activities of minors.
Deep packet inspection (DPI) is a type of data processing that inspects in detail the data being sent over a computer network, and may take actions such as alerting, blocking, re-routing, or logging it accordingly.
The box above gives the information you will need. What is a block? A block is a measure used to protect Wikipedia from possible improper use, or modification in breach of editorial policies. Once a block has expired, they become history unless problems reoccur. Blocks can be applied to a user account, an IP address, or a range of IP addresses.
IP address blocking is commonly used to protect against brute force attacks and to prevent access by a disruptive address. It can also be used to restrict access to or from a particular geographic area; for example, syndicating content to a specific region through the use of Internet geolocation .