Nazarian Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 (edited) I haven't seen any posts from Armenia lately on this forum. Has it been blocked by the Armenian state? It looks like they have blocked quite a few web sites and domains like Youtube, blogspot, news websites, etc. plus removing the DNS entries of several Armenian news sites. Edited March 9, 2008 by Nazarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Most of the members of this forum are from diaspora. But to answer your question, no its not blocked. There is no need to panic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraHye Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Most of the members of this forum are from diaspora. But to answer your question, no its not blocked. There is no need to panic. How would you know that it's not blocked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 I know of a person who accessed it today. Also I wouldn't believe what Nazarian has to say, looking at his recent posts you can see that all he does is spread disinformation and create panic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmag Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 I know of a person who accessed it today. Also I wouldn't believe what Nazarian has to say, looking at his recent posts you can see that all he does is spread disinformation and create panic. It seems when things are in a precarious situation NO MATTER WHAT OR WHERE, there are always busybodies that thrive on creating more confusion... are they gossip mongers/disturbers having fun, being paid or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 First of all I will say very short, to make sure you poeple understand the concept of this blocking...  Go to YOUTUBE.COM and search for new posts related to Azebadrjan and Armenia conflict or post ellection conflicts and you will notice that there is too many new posts in youtube, most of them being posted straight from Armenia!!! so no need to panic at all as Armenia is not blocking anything, especially the blogs. First of all lets observe what are blogs - Short for "Web log," a specialized site that allows an individual or group of individuals to share a running log of events and personal insights with online audiences. Blogs with political or current-events themes have grown in popularity and become "soap boxes" for instant mass-audience commentary. Like an online dairy. This can be about and be used for anything at all, it can be used for news, reviews, products etc for a business, organisation etc. This is great as it helps the user stay in touch with the website with new and up to date information. Basically, you can never rely on a blog for a true information if you are searching for one. Therefore, why would a nation need to block blog sites as they are personal toughts and comments of people such as myself and yourself. A nation might block a website such as www.talarmeniantale.com for a whole nation not to be able to access the discrimination and falcified information about the given nation. Second - let's observe the youtube - YouTube is a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips - nothing more than this, so Youtube cannot be blocked as most of the videos are self made, basically if it is a selfmade video then it can not be taken as a source to rely on. Now last but not least - web site news - are needed for the Armenians in Armenia to observe closely if it is blocked nothing can be done against them...  After looking closely at all the given cases, and realising that only 3 percent of the population of Armenia has access to websites on a weekly basis, (NOTE: not on a daily basis but weekly basis) and 90% of the people that do have the access are usually busy with other stuff rather then accessing someone's blog spot, or news web sites, or even youtube.com most of them do research on given subjects for school projects or business related stuff.  Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 the best way to tell is to MSG one of our members from Yerevan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Youtube is back online in Yerevan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I don't think it's ever been off... has it? how can we confirm this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Some used proxies to go around the block but it was blocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazarian Posted March 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 http://blogoscoped.com/files/youtube-blocked-in-armenia-large.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 That was generated on March 6th. It has been back for 2 days now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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