{"id":120276,"date":"2014-02-20T12:05:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T06:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=120276"},"modified":"2014-03-01T13:52:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T08:22:34","slug":"trc-blocks-colombo-telegraph-warns-service-providers-to-maintain-its-a-technical-glitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/trc-blocks-colombo-telegraph-warns-service-providers-to-maintain-its-a-technical-glitch\/","title":{"rendered":"TRC Blocks Colombo Telegraph, Warns Service Providers To Maintain It\u2019s A \u2018Technical Glitch\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Telecom Regulatory Commission has officially issued instructions to mobile service providers to block Colombo Telegraph and other critical websites on its servers, with a warning that the companies are to maintain to customers that the inability to view the sites on the networks were merely \u2018technical\u2019 problems, the Colombo Telegraph can reveal today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120277\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Anusha-Palpita.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120277\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120277\" alt=\"Anusha Palpita\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Anusha-Palpita.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Anusha-Palpita.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Anusha-Palpita-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-120277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anusha Palpita<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is part of the TRC\u2019s campaign to officially censor the internet, but refuse to acknowledge it is doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile service providers including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/once-again-colombo-telegraph-blocked-dialog-and-etisalat-tamper-dns-responses\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Etisalat and Dialog<\/span><\/a> have been officially notified to block Colombo Telegraph by the TRC, it is learnt.<\/p>\n<p>However when customers make inquiries about the blockade, the networks have been warned not to reveal the TRC instructions but to continue to maintain that there were technical glitches with regard to viewing the sites.<\/p>\n<p>Colombo Telegraph is no longer available on Dialog and Etisalat networks and is regularly blocked on SLT and Mobitel servers.<\/p>\n<p>TRC Director General Anusha Palpita has repeatedly denied blocking the Colombo Telegraph and other websites, and even claims he has never heard of the sites.<\/p>\n<p>technical information of the blocking can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/once-again-colombo-telegraph-blocked-dialog-and-etisalat-tamper-dns-responses\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Once Again Colombo Telegraph Blocked; Dialog And Etisalat Tamper DNS Responses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/once-again-colombo-telegraph-blocked-dialog-and-etisalat-tamper-dns-responses\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Once Again Colombo Telegraph Blocked; Dialog And Etisalat Tamper DNS Responses<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/colombo-telegraph-blocked-how-to-reach-us-now-sri-lanka-telecom-and-mobitel-joins-the-dpi-club\/\">Colombo Telegraph Blocked, How To Reach Us Now: Sri Lanka Telecom And Mobitel Joins The DPI Club!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":120277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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