Kyivstar blocked access to Vkontakte and Yandex in Mariupol
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Throughout Ukraine, Kyivstar has blocked user access to Russian social networks"Vkontakte", "Odnoklassniki", as well as to the sites Yandex and Kinopoisk.
According to users, the Vodafone operator also blocked access.
Mariupol Internet providers still continue to provide access to As the site of one of the largest providers of the city, today at the general meeting will decide how to block access to Russian sites.
Another company reported that the issue is being resolved at the management level and so far no one can tell Mariupol residents exactly when they will feel the blocking of Russian social networks.
But experts note that those who want to bypass the blocking will do it anyway. There are a lot of instructions on the Internet on how to do this, in addition, representatives of prohibited resources themselves send tips: to Vkontakte user accounts, mailboxes receive recommendations on how to bypass the blocking.
Ukrainian experts noted that it would take 2 years and $1 billion to completely block Russian banned sites. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, in turn, said that he would change his mind as soon as the last Russian soldier leaves Donbass.
The world community has criticized the decision to block social networks. In particular, the head of the Council of Europe called the blocking a contradiction of freedom of speech. The US State Department also criticized the decision of the Ukrainian government. The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch also spoke out against it.
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The three largest mobile operators in Ukraine, Vodafone, Kyivstar and lifecell, have begun to implement the decree of the President of Ukraine on , the press service of Vodafone reported.
The official announcement states that operators with May 17, 2017 have begun to carry out the technical measures necessary to restrict access to these websites in accordance with technical capabilities. On May 16, Ukrtelecom announced that it had already begun to implement the decree, and another major player, Triolan, announced that.
"Home Kyivstar" still lets on "VKontakte", "Yandex" and "Odnoklassniki", and mobile Vodafone - no longer.
How soon mobile operators will restrict access to Yandex, VKontakte and other services of the Mail.Ru Group, as well as the sites of other companies from the list, has not yet been reported. Ukrtelecom previously said that this, according to preliminary estimates experts, it will take from several days to a week.
UPD: Kyivstar has blocked resources for users of home and mobile Internet:
Reaction to a blocking request
The message about the blocking led to a wide discussion, including in the Internet community, which
From today, May 17, the Decree of the President of Ukraine, which provides for, comes into force. Some providers have already announced their readiness to block sites that are on the sanctions list. Problems also began with access via mobile Internet.
I checked which telecom operators have already begun blocking access to the Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki sites.
Fulfilling the requirements of this decree, the telecom operators Kyivstar, Lifecell and Vodafone Ukraineยป begin technical measures to limit the provision of access services to these websites in accordance with technical capabilities.
Vodafone subscribers have had the biggest problems since yesterday.
Problems periodically arise both in the VK application and in the browser. So far, there are no reports that VK is banned by Presidential Decree, but almost all subscribers of this mobile operator experience inconvenience. The press service of the company also confirmed that access to Vkontakte has already been blocked.
VK application (Vodafone operator)
VK website, browser (Vodafone operator)
Since May 18, Kyivstar subscribers have also had problems accessing Vkontakte. Official Apps and mobile browsers do not load the page.
However, some subscribers Home Internet from Kyivstar declare that access to prohibited sites is already blocked for them.
Mail.ru page
"Classmates"
Site Kinopoisk.ru
Subscribers of the Lifecell operator did not notice any problems at all. Everything works stably - both the application and the sites in the browser. Also, the Yandex.Taxi application works through Lifecell and Vodafon, which is not available to Kyivstar subscribers.
Yandex.Taxi
Yandex.Taxi is not available for Kyivstar subscribers
Yandex.Taxi works for Vodafon subscribers
