The “Hong Kong Chronicle”, which disclosed a large number of Hong Kong police, pro-Chinese people, and yellow and blue store information on the Internet, the editor-in-chief Chen Yanyin stated on the Telegram channel yesterday (7th) that since the evening of the 6th, a number of Hong Kong users reported that When using the services of Hong Kong Internet Provider (ISP), you cannot connect to the website. Chen Yanyin said that there is reason to believe that Hong Kong ISPs actively block websites, “which may involve requests or cooperation from government departments,” and stifle citizens’ freedom of information. “I hereby appeal to Hong Kong citizens to prepare in advance to deal with the next larger scale of closures. Act on the net to welcome the darkness before dawn.”
《Ming Pao》、“Hong Kong 01”、Cable TVAll quoted sources saying that it was the police that required the service provider to block the internet. This was the first time that the National Security Department of the Police Force cited Article 43 of the Minato National Security Act to block websites.
Police: Do not comment on individual cases Hong Kong Broadband: No blockade “Hong Kong Chronicles”
Regarding whether ISPs were required to block the “Hong Kong Chronicles”, the police responded to “Position News” earlier and stated that they “do not comment on individual cases.” The police also pointed out that, in accordance with Article 43 of the “Minato National Security Law” and related implementation rules, the police may require service providers to issue electronic messages that are likely to constitute crimes against national security on electronic platforms, or are likely to cause crimes against national security. Prohibition of action, “Any action taken by the police will be dealt with in accordance with the actual situation and in accordance with the law.”
One of the ISPs, Hong Kong Broadband, replied to “Position News” stating that “our company did not block our broadband users from connecting to this site”; the other ISP, PCCW, stated that “no comment”.
In the afternoon, a reporter from “Stance News” logged on to the “Hong Kong Chronicle” website through a network connection provided by a local ISP, and found that the website content delivery network (CDN) Cloudflare stated that the website is currently offline. Cloudflare also obtains past intercepted versions of the website from the “Internet Time Machine” (Wayback Machine) inventory, that is, users fail to watch the latest content of the website. The reporter then used a VPN to log in to the “Hong Kong Chronicles” website through an overseas server and found that it was able to browse normally.
Editor-in-Chief of Hong Kong Chronicle: The Internet has never been banned, reprimanding local ISPs for conspiring with the government to stifle freedom of information
“Hong Kong Chronicles” Chief Editor Chen YanyinSaid yesterday eveningOn the evening of the 6th, a number of Hong Kong users reported that they could not connect to the website when using some Hong Kong ISP services. After checking the statistics, they also found that the number of users from Hong Kong dropped sharply. Chen Yanyin pointed out that it is the purpose of the “Hong Kong Chronicle” to disseminate the information on the website to the society and around the world. The website “has never selectively banned the IP of certain regions or specific network providers, and will not do so in the future.”
Chen Yanyin pointed out that after communicating with the website supporters and investigating, it was discovered that some network providers in Hong Kong, when processing requests to connect to the network, “deliberately discarded the data sent by the user, so that the user could not obtain the server of this site. “Response”, the result was that the content of the website could not be seen, and that other websites that shared the same IP with the website were also affected to a certain extent. “Currently, the network providers involved in blocking this site include Smartone, CMHK, HKBN, PCCW, etc.” Chen Yanyin He also pointed out that there are reasons to believe that Hong Kong ISPs actively block website content, which may involve requests or cooperation from government departments. “I condemn Hong Kong Internet providers for colluding with the Chinese and Hong Kong governments to stifle the freedom of Hong Kong citizens to obtain information by blocking networks.” , She finally urged the people of Hong Kong to prepare well in advance, “in order to deal with the next larger-scale network blockade and welcome the darkness before dawn.”
IT industry person Zheng Binbin: the authorities have not confirmed the blockade
Regarding the current situation, Zheng Binbin, director of the Internet Society of Hong Kong, told Position News that there has not been enough information on the incident so far, and it is 100% sure that the authorities have taken the initiative to block the website. He said that according to a netizen’s report last night (7th), many users who use PCCW and 3 Hong Kong have logged in to the website according to the 3 IP addresses provided by the “Hong Kong Chronicle” content delivery network (CDN) Cloudflare. Both show that it cannot be connected. He believes that there are three possibilities. One is that the relevant IP address is indeed blocked, the other is that the ISP’s routing (routing) settings are incorrect, which prevents users from correctly pointing to the website; the other is that Cloudflare has a technical problem that prevents users from accessing the website. Cloudflare’s IP address is connected to the corresponding content server, so the website cannot be browsed.
Zheng Binbin also mentioned that some SmarTone users said that when logging in to the “Hong Kong Chronicles” website, the server provided by SmarTone did not direct users to the IP address provided by Cloudflare, but instead used a wrong IP address (127.0.0.1) Response. Zheng Binbin pointed out that there are three possibilities in this situation. It may be that SmarTone actively blocked the website, it may be that SmarTone has stored a temporary response from Cloudflare to indicate “blocking”, or that the technical team of the chronicle has set an error and caused SmarTone to temporarily store it. The related wrong settings prevented users from logging in to the website.
Can interfere with website connection cache data and hinder users from going
It is said that because Cloudflare is a CDN, hundreds of thousands of websites will be arranged to use the same IP address, for example, “Hong Kong Chronicles” and thousands of websitesShare 3 IP addresses. If the authorities prohibit users from logging in to individual websites by blocking IP, thousands of websites will eventually suffer. Zheng Binbin said that the statement is correct, but he also said that if the authorities want to prevent users from logging in to individual websites, they can use other methods, such as “DNS cache pollution”, which is simply the process of connecting to the website. The cache data of was artificially disturbed, so that users could not log in to the website in the end. Authorities in Mainland China have used this method in the past to prevent users from logging in to websites such as Facebook and YouTube.
When asked how ordinary netizens can determine that the authorities have indeed instructed the ISP to block the network, Zheng Binbin pointed out that one of the methods is that when netizens in other parts of the world log on to some websites, they are directed to the prompt page of the country’s information management department, stating that users are not allowed to log in ; The other is similar to the current one. Users often cannot connect to individual IP hosts, or find the above-mentioned “Domain Server Cache Pollution” when logging in to some websites. These can prove that users cannot log in to the website. The reason is not the setting or Technical error, but deliberate behavior.
VPN can log into blocked websites
When asked how netizens should respond if it is confirmed to be blocked, Zheng Binbin pointed out that if it is “domain server cache pollution”, only need to change the domain in the network settings of mobile phones, computers and other devices; but if it is To block IP addresses or technologies similar to the “Great Firewall”, you must use VPN.
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