bitcointalk banned in the Philippines

[LoyceV]

not everyone can use a VPN

This would be the best use of browser-integrated VPNs The user doesn't need any knowledge to use it.

Many people out there trust what the government tells them like an elder

I don't know about you, but the older I get, the less I trust the government. I've seen far too many lies from politicians over the years.
You know the old joke?

Code:

How can you tell if a politician is lying?
His lips move.

and if they say that a site is bad for them, they will also avoid it without questioning.

That's ironic, given that many "old people" (and also younger ones) fall for phishing sites and get their bank account emptied.

I do hope the government removes this idiotic step after a few years or so.

I know it's been suggested before, but again: Bitcointalk should have a .onion domain.

[Wapfika]

Are you all who are saying it's banned in the Philippines sure that it's really banned there? I changed my VPN to Philippines and I can still browse and write on the forum. In fact, I am writing this post while I am using the Philippines IP.

Isn't it the ISP who can ban a site? In this case, the OP needs to reach out to his ISP.

The ban is through ISP ban but it was instructed by the government as part of the crackdown on unlicensed gambling site. Currently, there’s only limited ISP that follow this ban but I’m sure the majority will follow later on.

ISP will not unban it unless there will be a multiple report that will prove it’s not a gambling site. The main challenge is our government and ISP services is very slow to response on complaints like this which means VPN is the quick fix on this issue.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

That's not how VPN work!
A VNP with a Philippine IP will not be able to see that website because the communication starts from a country with a block!
The main reason for a VPN is to fake your location so as not to be in the country where things are blocked.
I got logged off from Betfair like 100 times because I forgot I was connected to a US server and Betfair blocks US iP!

It's because Betfair block the US.
The forum does not block the Philippines.

If the forum blocks IP from Philippines, I agree with you, but in fact it is not like that.

Like some casinos prohibit nations but don't block IP addresses from those nations.
Which casinos have IP blocks in place for restricted countries?

Of course, I said from my practice, not from technical knowledge about VPN.

[xLays]

So as a Filipino, I wanted to know what are the reasons so I did sent an email 10 hours ago.



It was addressed to DICT as they are the agency here that handle the policies and other things related to digital infrastructure.
I will update if I will get the response from them.

I suggest you should also post the translation of the email you sent since you’re posting this in Meta and not in our local board. But it’s okay if you don’t, it’s just my suggestion and still up to you.

About the email you sent my opinion, given that Bitcointalk is full of gambling related posts and as someone who spends a lot of time here on the forum, I feel like there are actually more posts about gambling compared to bitcoin or cryptocurrency topics here on bitcointalk. And I think that’s one of the reasons why our government may have tried to block bitcointalk. lol Remember our government also block some gambling related ads maybe they consider this similar to what they want to block.

[dkbit98]

Firefox free VPN is not available Asia as far as I know, they roll it out and limited to the US, UK, Germany, and France. But I do agree that we can used VPN to accessed the forum (using free Proton VPN).

Yeah but they will probably expand to more countries in future, but I usually dont recommend free vpn services long term.
I said before that he can always use Tor or Brave browser-with-Tor as the second best options.

Imagine that, you're not allowed to use this VPN to circumvent government censorship, and you're not allowed to promote it for doing so.
Their Terms are the reason I've never used their VPN.

I have been saying people for a while to stay away from proton VPN, they are most likely government honeypot.

[Supreme Donvic]

I heard countries like Russia are using VPN to login to this forum because their country has ban this forum, so the best option for Philippines right now is to start using VPN to join the forum, this is not just because of the scam issues in this forum the government really don't understand the forum very well I can tell you for free that if they understand how the forum works they won't take such action.
But what do you guys expect a lot of countries are actually against Bitcoin and a forum like this they will also not like it but since there's still a way for people in that country to operate using the forum no problem.

[macson]

It's absolutely ridiculous that this forum is being mistaken for a gambling site. It's clear that this is a Bitcoin discussion forum, and most of the discussions here are about Bitcoin. While there are other topics discussed here, such as gambling, that doesn't provide a strong basis for declaring this forum a gambling website.

Even elementary school kids can probably tell the difference between a forum and a gambling website. Are they so idiotic that they can't tell the difference between a Bitcoin discussion forum and a gambling website??