A website blocked due to the National Security Law, Hong Kong Chronicles, is now available to users through a new domain © Screenshot from the Hong Kong Chronicles Facebook page
“The Hong Kong Chronicle has successfully broken through the blockade by the authorities and is now available for users to browse the site through multiple Internet providers. The original service provider, Hong Kong Broadband, admitted on the 14th that the site was forced to close under the pressure of the National Security Law, the first time in Hong Kong that a site was closed due to the National Security Law.
However, Hong Kong Broadband was blocked “Hong Kong Chronicle” 14 night immediately after the response, said that has purchased a new domain “blockedbyhk.com”, now through a number of network providers can be in the domain normal browsing site content. The website owner also estimated that some network providers are using more sophisticated blocking techniques than “DNS pollution”, calling for VPN or other offshore servers to connect to the website.
“The Hong Kong Chronicle issued an announcement on Telegram at about 9 p.m. on the 14th, saying it had temporarily acquired a new domain name “blockedbyhk.com” and calling on “everyone who is interested to use it. We’ll be blocked again soon”. Apple Daily reported that, through a number of ISPs in Hong Kong, including Online Shop, 3 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Broadband and SmarTone testing, the domain can be connected normally for the time being, and the original content of the “Chronicle” website, including the yellow and blue stores, support the police personnel files can be seen.
The announcement also responded to Hong Kong Broadband to confirm the blocking of the website, that the other side used a more complex method than the general “domain name pollution”. “Domain name pollution” refers to the network provider will be included in the blocked list of a specific domain, change the information in the domain name server, so that all users requesting to go to the domain are diverted, can not connect to the site.
The “Hong Kong Chronicle” had earlier suggested users to abandon the use of domain name servers of Hong Kong Internet providers, such as Google or Cloudflare and other overseas domain name servers, to avoid the blockade. But the latest announcement said that in the face of more complex blocking methods, changing the domain name server alone may not solve the problem, calling on Hong Kong people to use VPN (virtual personal network) or other programs to connect to the Internet through overseas relay servers to browse the site.
For some people suggested that the entire website “packaged” for people to download and forward, the announcement said that although technically simple, but worry that the content of the website is qualified as “violation of the National Security Law”, will make the reproduction of people “for no reason to cause national security on the body “. The announcement also indicates that the website has sufficient funds to operate for a long period of time, no need to raise funds, but appealed to pay careful attention to any fund-raiser in the name of the website.
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