A couple of days ago i noticed something off with blahaj.zone. I couldn’t see images posted by users on blahaj, so i thought it was a problem on their side.

Well guess fucking what? After 3 days, it was STILL broken, so i opened it and…

Blocked. They fucking blocked blahaj.zone. Actually beyond parody🤦‍♂️ Why? What was the point? there’s trans content literally everywhere on lemmy. what’s next, block them all? So now if i want to see a post by a user on blahaj, i have to turn on my VPN (protonvpn.com is also blocked in saudi, jfc) just to see it. Fuck this place. 🙄

I swear a couple of days ago it worked. This is a mild annoyance (hence the community) but still.

It’s so over guys, MBS said no more 196 😔

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    163·
    12 hours ago

    They fucking geoblocked blahaj.zone.

    I suppose THEY is Saudi Arabia.
    How can you be surprised about that? Saudi Arabia is a Sharia law country. An absolute shit stain of a country in many more ways than this.
    You can get a death penalty for posting something against Sharia Law on any site. Actively using Lemmy could be enough to see you in jail.

    MBS said no more 196

    ???

    • fxomt@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      132·
      12 hours ago

      The last line was a joke. Anyways yes it is about Saudi Arabia, and I’m no stranger to how shitty they are. I’m surprised that such a niche forum could be targeted, websites about trans stuff get banned all the time.

      I knew this’d happen eventually, I just didn’t know when.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        12 hours ago

        I’m surprised that such a niche forum could be targeted,

        If you can find it, authorities can too. Sounds like you are far from careful enough, considering where you are.

        • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          5·
          10 hours ago

          I bet there’s some user from there, not a stranger to reddit and it’s alternatives, that happened to stumble upon it and report it.

          • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            8 hours ago

            Or the government uses web indexes to find sites that include LGBTQ+ content and blocks them automatically.

            • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              6 hours ago

              Saudi admins aren’t stupud, but they won’t like to work that hard I believe. Reports is how it’s usualy triggered in nations like these.