April 27, 2006

looks like it was just a rumor...

Just got an e-mail from Rick Segal a few minutes ago:

I'm in China right now, typing this via my EVDO card on China mobile, looking at Technorati...
Looks like the rumor that China had shut down Technorati was a bit premature.

Anybody?

Posted by hugh macleod at April 27, 2006 9:51 AM | TrackBack
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Seems not to be available from Beijing at the moment. Furl has been blocked for about a month now. It's all about the cache. It's worth noting that blocking of sites is sometimes not systematic through China - there are occasions where in some cities it won't be possible to access a site while in others it's still available. I have no idea why this happens.

Posted by: Gabe at April 27, 2006 11:36 PM

I don't think it was just a rumour Hugh - too many sites within China ran the story and Richard's report is the only one I have seen disputing it.

It may be to do with Richard's accessing it via EVDO - possibly they forgot to block it on the mobile gateway(?)

Posted by: Tom Raftery at April 28, 2006 12:13 AM

There are ways around the blocking mechanism. Hugh -the Rick Segal link seems broken?

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