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Subject: [Leica] Afghanistan Government Denies Access to Flickr & Blogspot
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:14:40 +0100
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That's the democracy our soldiers are dying for.

Nathan

On 17 Jun, 2010, at 18:38 , Tina Manley wrote:

> Good Lord!  I'm now a security threat to Afghanistan.  I knew I shouldn't
> have posted that photo of Tom naked.  It probably crashed their computers.
> 
> Hope you get uncensored service soon, Hugh!
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Hugh Thompson <hewthompson at mac.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I don't yet know if it is universal in Afghanistan, but our service
>> provider has started to intercept any Flickr or Blogspot web site, and 
>> puts
>> up a notice, "Access denied by the Government of Afghanistan".  So I 
>> cannot
>> follow Tina's construction blog for instance.
>> 
>> As yet I have not assessed how many other communal sites are effected.  I
>> will be seeing Wendy tomorrow and will check if it is the same with her
>> provider.
>> 
>> Fun and games - I just hope they don't find the LUG Galleries, with all
>> that politically motivated material.
>> 
>> Hugh
>> 
>> hewthompson at mac.com
>> Kabul, Afghanistan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
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