Since August 2012, Belarusian users can no longer access a number of sites. Providers had to block access to several servers by the decision of the authorities of the republic. The list includes both sites that, according to the government, pose a threat to the country's security, and completely innocent pages.
First of all, the site Change.org fell into disgrace. On this resource, everyone could sign a petition, call on the public and influence the decision of the authorities of various countries. In particular, signatures were collected on the server for the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus, against the holding of the ice hockey championship in 2014 in Minsk, as well as for the release of the victims in the plush landing case of realtor Sergei Basharimov and journalist Anton Suryapin. Now Belarusian users will not be able to support such initiatives.
The ban was also the site where those who wish could observe the planes flying around the world on a map, as well as receive information about the type of airliner, its tail number and affiliation with the airline, the place of takeoff and landing, as well as the altitude and speed of flight. The administration of the resource believes that the restriction of access was also influenced by the case of the "plush landing", which it wrote about on Twitter, however, Internet experts from Belarus say that the closure is related to the purchase by the President of the country Alexander Lukashenko of a luxury airliner, which previously belonged to to the late President of Turkmenistan.
It turned out to be blocked and a completely harmless resource for the sale of air tickets. According to experts, Belarusian providers have completely closed access to all resources that use the dnsmadeeasy.com service. As a result, absolutely “innocent” sites were also banned. Beltelecom itself, which provides external Internet traffic in the country, refuses to comment on the blocking of sites.
Technically advanced Belarusians will be able to bypass the restrictions by using anonymizers for their work. However, for the majority of ordinary users, prohibited sites will remain inaccessible.
