More censorship in Europe. An article from Jihad Watch on electronic censorship

Below I will reproduce the entire post of the article, as there isn’t much point is just linking to it as all the people who need to see it obviously will not be. But there are things that need to be added beyond the mere technical. That will be at the end.

Also a mirror of the post in full can be read here, which should be able to be seen world-wide at the moment.


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We constantly see emails and tweets, “I can’t see the articles when I click on the links in your Daily Digest.”

Lately, we’ve been getting even more of these than we usually do. Here’s why. In my post here from last June, I reported that three major Internet service providers listed as blocking this site:

We are now seeing a new block by Sky, one of the largest internet providers in the UK, added to the list. Mind you, this list consists only of providers that disclose their censorship. Many do not.

“Weapons”? This is a new false charge, totally unfounded. We don’t promote or advertise weapons, the purpose of this site is clear in the meta data: Jihad Watch is dedicated to “exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts.”

Clearly this censorship is politically motivated. For whatever reason, the providers don’t want the truth about jihad violence and Sharia to get out. But there is a way around this censorship, and it’s quite simple: change your DNS servers by using https://use.opendns.com/ or https://1.1.1.1/, or better yet, using a VPN such as FreeDome.

I have blogged about this before, and many of the responses were really not helpful: “But I can see the site,” or, “I was blocked by Facebook.” All that may be true, but it is not the point. The point is that legitimate commentary is being blocked by the people who literally supply the Internet and how this can be easily circumvented. This is not just going on in the UK, I just have better documentation at hand for how it is being done in that country.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an organization that is meant to protect these right of access and to combat such censorship, but it has abandoned us. Please use the contact page to ask them why, politely, calmly, and respectfully.

You can also check which of your other favorite sites are censored here.

Along with the Google bias that is well documented, this censorship will be the death of everything we hold dear if it isn’t challenged and defeated. This is not a matter of your right to say “nuke Mecca” on Facebook; this is the prevention of legitimate criticism of a destructive, inhumane agenda from seeing light of day, and although what is happening is widespread and growing, it is still not well understood. If you encounter someone who can no longer access Jihad Watch, please pass on to him or her this information about how to beat the blocks.


While the article is important as it offers a work around to the problem of the current state of informational-totalitarianism that is now infecting the West as a whole, it is in its own way a form of submission to it.

This is what could be called, “Technical Leapfrog”. 

The state invents a way to stop you from getting information which interferes with its planned engineering of society and not in your interests. You find a way around that with a fix. You feel clever for a moment, but in effect you are now committing a kind of crime where it was your actual right the day before.

While it may not be an actual crime on the books yet, we already see that the state and law enforcement has pretty much abandoned the entire history of all jurisprudence except where it is convenient to enforce the narrative, and harass or otherwise destroy people’s lives for having the wrong opinions or questioning basic biology as one example.

So the next move in technical leapfrog could be where the state finds a more effective way to block sites that contain evidence that the narrative is inaccurate or against the interests of the electorate, or more likely, they will come to your home and ask threatening questions about your use of technology to bypass censors.

And while you did not break a law to access Jihad Watch, the man who tweeted out a limerick about ‘transgenders’(single quotes because generally speaking we do not believe there is any such thing outside of a tiny tiny fraction of biological abnormalities) also did not break any laws but had the authorities place warnings at his place of work that he may be a threat to the LGBTQ community for his wrong-think.

Other things were done to him that are tantamount to a state punishment without the benefit of any inconvenient democratic procedure like a trial or lawyer or those pesky facts.
People who use SKY or any other ISP that blocks sites without your knowledge or content must get phone calls from you, the paying client, and if they do not change the policy, change ISPs. You may even have to settle for poorer service and less speed.
But that is a pretty small sacrifice compared to having the state determine what you can see. Especially when it is true.
“The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie.
It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the State.”
–Josph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda minister

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7 Replies to “More censorship in Europe. An article from Jihad Watch on electronic censorship”

  1. “New technology offers the promise of speech with minimal barriers and without borders. The Internet has radically enhanced our ability to express ourselves and our ability to access, archive, and share information. Everyone should be able to take advantage of this promise.

    Individuals around the world should be able to use new technologies to publish their ideas; criticize those in power; gather and report the news; and make, adapt, and share creative works. Vulnerable communities should be able to safely meet and grow, making themselves heard without being drowned out by the powerful. The ability to freely exchange ideas also benefits innovators, who can use all of their capabilities to build even better tools for their communities and the world.”
    https://www.eff.org/issues/free-speech

    Well, they had better change this and qualify fairness, equal outcome, tolerance, inoffensiveness, diverse identities or else they too will be rounded up, banned and blocked as Far Right Hate Criminals by the Socialist States.

    • When the Spanish Inquisition kicked in, poets and playwrites had to be exceptionally cautious. Intricate layers of style and substance cloaked ideas that were too dangerous to voice aloud. That’s what brought about the Golden Age of Spanish literature.

      • …And the Golden Age of Central and Eastern European Absurdist literature, and the next Golden Age of Vlad Tepes Blog literature. Evading persecution is the name of the game. Switch to verse and subtext when needed.

        • That time is sprinting towards us, the left has managed to change the world from a semi stable place to one that is in constant flux with wanna be dictators popping up like weeds in a garden. We are approaching a time of historical scientific advancement and it is occurring at the time when the left is trying to forces us back tot he time of absolute monarchs. Technology is being used to enslave us and at the same time shows us how to avoid the slave chains.

  2. The bittube app or browser(based on firefox)had also a VPN(but this kind of VPNs are more a Proxy-but im not an expert).

    I use a VPN now with a point in Switzerland and can see your site.

    ps:Also dont trust every VPN.I will never use a VPN from Africa or so…

    • Thank you Bittuber. Dear readers, Bittubers.com is attempting a revolutionary new way to deliver videos. Its worth signing up and keeping an eye on it. In concept it is what the freedom lovers are in dire need of.