{"id":731,"date":"2008-10-26T19:18:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T17:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2008-10-28T17:01:46","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T15:01:46","slug":"georgia-affected-by-turkeys-ban-on-blogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/26\/georgia-affected-by-turkeys-ban-on-blogger\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia affected by Turkey&#8217;s ban on Blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apparently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanet.ge\/index.php?page=1&amp;lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\">Caucasus Online<\/a>, an internet provider in Georgia, uses Turkey&#8217;s service network, as it is <a href=\"http:\/\/artclubcaucasus.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/turkey-bans-blogger-and-georgia-is.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that internet users in Georgia are now also unable to visit sites from Blogger and *.blogspot.com domains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A solution\u00a0for Windows users\u00a0to &#8220;unblock&#8221; Blogger and YouTube has been <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/blogger-help-troubleshoot\/msg\/e1df3a9013df633d\" target=\"_blank\">posted here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>Find the file named &#8220;hosts&#8221; under windows\/system32\/drivers\/etc\/<br \/>\nfolder.<br \/>\nOpen this file with Notepad<\/p>\n<p>Append those lines<\/p>\n<p>72.14.207.191 blogger.com<br \/>\n209.85.165.191\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.blogger.com<\/a><br \/>\n208.117.236.69 youtube.com\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com<\/a><br \/>\n208.117.236.70 youtube.com\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Save and close it.<\/p>\n<p>This solved my problems, I posted as if there is no ban.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More about this solution can be read by <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/blogger-help-troubleshoot\/browse_thread\/thread\/188b6c1b8390e578\/e1df3a9013df633d\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, no more this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-675\" title=\"Blogger Banned in Turkey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bloggerbannedturkey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bloggerbannedturkey.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bloggerbannedturkey-300x46.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is bad though. It&#8217;s one thing that Turkey decides to ban a whole domain based on poor logic, but it affecting people in another country makes it a lot worse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some useful links to unblock YouTube\/Blogger (blogspot)\/other blocked pages in Turkey (and Georgia):<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/atunnel.com\/\">http:\/\/atunnel.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/unblocked.org\/\">http:\/\/unblocked.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/unblockyoutube.org\/\">http:\/\/unblockyoutube.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Help get the news out. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/26\/georgia-affected-by-turkeys-ban-on-blogger\/&amp;title=Georgia+affected+by+Turkey's+ban+on+Blogger\" target=\"_blank\">Stumble<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/tech_news\/Georgia_affected_by_Turkey_s_ban_on_Blogger\" target=\"_blank\">Digg<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/bookmark.pl?url=http:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/26\/georgia-affected-by-turkeys-ban-on-blogger\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slashdot<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/www.basbasbas.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/26\/georgia-affected-by-turkeys-ban-on-blogger\/&amp;title=Georgia+affected+by+Turkey's+ban+on+Blogger\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a> or Tweet it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay updated. 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