CENSORSHIP AT INDYMEDIA?
CENSORSHIP | 09.12.2002 12:39
Censorship At Indymedia depends on which computer you submit your story to. One computer is particularly bad. Many European Indy sites (including uk.indymedia.org) nyc.indymedia.org, sydney.indymedia.org and melbourne.indymedia.org are on this machine.
CENSORSHIP AT INDYMEDIA?
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If you run the INDYMEDIA IP addresses by a DNS server you find the following:
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Name: adelaide.indymedia.org.au
Address: 203.12.146.250
Aliases: adelaide.indymedia.org
Name: www.cat.org.au
Address: 203.53.14.41
Aliases: www.indymedia.org.nz
Name: conway.cat.org.au
Address: 203.53.14.41
Aliases: brisbane.indymedia.org
Name: jakarta.indymedia.org.au
Address: 203.12.146.250
Aliases: jakarta.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: melbourne.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: sydney.indymedia.org
Name: nigeria.indymedia.org
Address: 216.243.113.25
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: southafrica.indymedia.org, sa.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: bear.indymedia.org
Address: 216.243.113.25
Aliases: athens.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: austria.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: barcelona.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: belgium.indymedia.org
Name: brisimc.www.southspace.net
Address: 217.207.126.51
Aliases: bristol.indymedia.org
Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: cyprus.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org
Name: euskalherria.indymedia.org
Address: 212.100.230.21
Name: www.vaikuttava.net
Address: 194.29.194.26
Name: germany.indymedia.org
Addresses: 134.102.6.205, 213.73.91.34, 216.231.32.98
Name: indymedia.ie
Address: 66.39.75.250
Aliases: ireland.indymedia.org
Name: italy.indymedia.org
Address: 212.100.230.23
Name: fanelli.sindominio.net
Address: 213.172.36.134
Aliases: madrid.indymedia.org, acp.sindominio.net
Name: indymedia.nl
Address: 192.87.116.7
Name: defiance.copyleft.no
Address: 213.151.134.68
Aliases: www.indymedia.no
Name: portugal.indymedia.org
Address: 212.100.230.20
Aliases: pt.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: prague.indymedia.org
Name: mule.mutualaid.org
Address: 66.92.157.137
Aliases: russia.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: sweden.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: switzerland.indymedia.org
Name: bear.indymedia.org
Address: 216.243.113.25
Aliases: thessaloniki.indymedia.org
Name: sharedweb.srv.poptel.org.uk
Address: 213.55.14.32
Aliases: www.indymedia.org.uk
Name: ender.indymedia.org
Address: 64.69.77.162
Aliases: alberta.indymedia.org, calgary.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: hamilton.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: maritimes.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: montreal.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: ontario.indymedia.org
Name: ottawa.indymedia.ca
Address: 66.11.170.74
Name: cmaq.net
Address: 216.46.21.42
Aliases: quebec.indymedia.org, www.cmaq.net
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: thunderbay.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org
Name: ender.indymedia.org
Address: 64.69.77.162
Aliases: vancouver.indymedia.org
Name: ender.indymedia.org
Address: 64.69.77.162
Aliases: victoria.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: windsor.indymedia.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: argentina.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: bolivia.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: brasil.indymedia.org
Name: chiapas.indymedia.org
Address: 216.89.24.62
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: chile.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: colombia.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: ecuador.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: mexico.indymedia.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: peru.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: uruguay.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: indymedia.org.il
Address: 65.18.167.60
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: jerusalem.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: arizona.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: atlanta.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: austin.indymedia.org
Name: baltimoreimc.org
Address: 207.87.59.92
Aliases: baltimore.indymedia.org, www.baltimoreimc.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: boston.indymedia.org
Name: buffalo.indymedia.org
Address: 216.153.135.84
Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: cfl.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: chicago.indymedia.org
Name: www.madhattersimc.org
Address: 64.29.16.110
Name: mule.mutualaid.org
Address: 66.92.157.137
Aliases: dc.indymedia.org
Name: judi.indymedia.org
Address: 67.113.144.26
Aliases: eugene.indymedia.org
Name: indyhawaii.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: www.indyhawaii.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: houston.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: idaho.indymedia.org
Address: 208.39.216.125
Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: ithaca.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org
Name: la.indymedia.org
Address: 216.89.24.61
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: madison.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: maine.indymedia.org
Name: www.michiganimc.org
Address: 68.41.28.127
Name: www.stlimc.org
Address: 216.90.94.160
Aliases: milwaukee.indymedia.org, stlouis.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: twincities.indymedia.org, minneapolis.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: newjersey.indymedia.org
Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: newmexico.indymedia.org, nm.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org
Name: chapelhill.indymedia.org
Address: 152.2.210.81
Name: ntimc.org
Address: 66.197.72.127
Aliases: www.ntimc.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: nycap.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: nyc.indymedia.org
Name: phillyimc.org
Address: 207.106.76.109
Aliases: www.phillyimc.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: portland.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: richmond.indymedia.org
Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: rochester.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: rockymountain.indymedia.org
Name: sandiego.indymedia.org
Address: 132.239.126.17
Name: sf.indymedia.org
Address: 209.133.53.78
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: santacruz.indymedia.org
Name: seattle.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Name: www.stlimc.org
Address: 216.90.94.160
Aliases: stlouis.indymedia.org
Name: urbana.indymedia.org
Address: 64.5.70.195
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: utah.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: vermont.indymedia.org
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I was interested in this, as some INDYMEDIA sites suffer from particularly heavy censorship,
and I wondered if they where connected in any way.
WELL THEY ARE. All the sites that censor heavily are included in the following list
(but not all of them censor heavily).
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The main computer with the
Name: stallman.indymedia.org and
IP Address: 216.231.32.98 has the following aliases
(that is all the following addresses are on the same computer)
Aliases: melbourne.indymedia.org
Aliases: sydney.indymedia.org
Aliases: austria.indymedia.org
Aliases: barcelona.indymedia.org
Aliases: belgium.indymedia.org
Aliases: germany.indymedia.org
Aliases: prague.indymedia.org
Aliases: sweden.indymedia.org
Aliases: switzerland.indymedia.org
Aliases: hamilton.indymedia.org
Aliases: maritimes.indymedia.org
Aliases: montreal.indymedia.org
Aliases: ontario.indymedia.org
Aliases: windsor.indymedia.org
Aliases: bolivia.indymedia.org
Aliases: brasil.indymedia.org
Aliases: ecuador.indymedia.org
Aliases: mexico.indymedia.org
Aliases: atlanta.indymedia.org
Aliases: austin.indymedia.org
Aliases: boston.indymedia.org
Aliases: chicago.indymedia.org
Aliases: madison.indymedia.org
Aliases: maine.indymedia.org
Aliases: twincities.indymedia.org
Aliases: minneapolis.indymedia.org
Aliases: newjersey.indymedia.org
Aliases: nycap.indymedia.org
Aliases: nyc.indymedia.org
Aliases: portland.indymedia.org
Aliases: richmond.indymedia.org
Aliases: rockymountain.indymedia.org
Aliases: santacruz.indymedia.org
Aliases: vermont.indymedia.org
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So lets hear it for R. Stallman, the champion of "free speech".
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If you run the INDYMEDIA IP addresses by a DNS server you find the following:
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Name: adelaide.indymedia.org.au
Address: 203.12.146.250
Aliases: adelaide.indymedia.org
Name: www.cat.org.au
Address: 203.53.14.41
Aliases: www.indymedia.org.nz
Name: conway.cat.org.au
Address: 203.53.14.41
Aliases: brisbane.indymedia.org
Name: jakarta.indymedia.org.au
Address: 203.12.146.250
Aliases: jakarta.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: melbourne.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: sydney.indymedia.org
Name: nigeria.indymedia.org
Address: 216.243.113.25
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: southafrica.indymedia.org, sa.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: bear.indymedia.org
Address: 216.243.113.25
Aliases: athens.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: austria.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: barcelona.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: belgium.indymedia.org
Name: brisimc.www.southspace.net
Address: 217.207.126.51
Aliases: bristol.indymedia.org
Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: cyprus.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org
Name: euskalherria.indymedia.org
Address: 212.100.230.21
Name: www.vaikuttava.net
Address: 194.29.194.26
Name: germany.indymedia.org
Addresses: 134.102.6.205, 213.73.91.34, 216.231.32.98
Name: indymedia.ie
Address: 66.39.75.250
Aliases: ireland.indymedia.org
Name: italy.indymedia.org
Address: 212.100.230.23
Name: fanelli.sindominio.net
Address: 213.172.36.134
Aliases: madrid.indymedia.org, acp.sindominio.net
Name: indymedia.nl
Address: 192.87.116.7
Name: defiance.copyleft.no
Address: 213.151.134.68
Aliases: www.indymedia.no
Name: portugal.indymedia.org
Address: 212.100.230.20
Aliases: pt.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: prague.indymedia.org
Name: mule.mutualaid.org
Address: 66.92.157.137
Aliases: russia.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: sweden.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: switzerland.indymedia.org
Name: bear.indymedia.org
Address: 216.243.113.25
Aliases: thessaloniki.indymedia.org
Name: sharedweb.srv.poptel.org.uk
Address: 213.55.14.32
Aliases: www.indymedia.org.uk
Name: ender.indymedia.org
Address: 64.69.77.162
Aliases: alberta.indymedia.org, calgary.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: hamilton.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: maritimes.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: montreal.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: ontario.indymedia.org
Name: ottawa.indymedia.ca
Address: 66.11.170.74
Name: cmaq.net
Address: 216.46.21.42
Aliases: quebec.indymedia.org, www.cmaq.net
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: thunderbay.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org
Name: ender.indymedia.org
Address: 64.69.77.162
Aliases: vancouver.indymedia.org
Name: ender.indymedia.org
Address: 64.69.77.162
Aliases: victoria.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: windsor.indymedia.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: argentina.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: bolivia.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: brasil.indymedia.org
Name: chiapas.indymedia.org
Address: 216.89.24.62
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: chile.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: colombia.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: ecuador.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: mexico.indymedia.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: peru.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: uruguay.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: indymedia.org.il
Address: 65.18.167.60
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: jerusalem.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: arizona.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: atlanta.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: austin.indymedia.org
Name: baltimoreimc.org
Address: 207.87.59.92
Aliases: baltimore.indymedia.org, www.baltimoreimc.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: boston.indymedia.org
Name: buffalo.indymedia.org
Address: 216.153.135.84
Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: cfl.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: chicago.indymedia.org
Name: www.madhattersimc.org
Address: 64.29.16.110
Name: mule.mutualaid.org
Address: 66.92.157.137
Aliases: dc.indymedia.org
Name: judi.indymedia.org
Address: 67.113.144.26
Aliases: eugene.indymedia.org
Name: indyhawaii.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: www.indyhawaii.org
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: houston.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org
stray.indymedia.org
Name: idaho.indymedia.org
Address: 208.39.216.125
Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: ithaca.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org
Name: la.indymedia.org
Address: 216.89.24.61
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: madison.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: maine.indymedia.org
Name: www.michiganimc.org
Address: 68.41.28.127
Name: www.stlimc.org
Address: 216.90.94.160
Aliases: milwaukee.indymedia.org, stlouis.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: twincities.indymedia.org, minneapolis.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: newjersey.indymedia.org
Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: newmexico.indymedia.org, nm.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org
Name: chapelhill.indymedia.org
Address: 152.2.210.81
Name: ntimc.org
Address: 66.197.72.127
Aliases: www.ntimc.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: nycap.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: nyc.indymedia.org
Name: phillyimc.org
Address: 207.106.76.109
Aliases: www.phillyimc.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: portland.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: richmond.indymedia.org
Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: rochester.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: rockymountain.indymedia.org
Name: sandiego.indymedia.org
Address: 132.239.126.17
Name: sf.indymedia.org
Address: 209.133.53.78
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: santacruz.indymedia.org
Name: seattle.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Name: www.stlimc.org
Address: 216.90.94.160
Aliases: stlouis.indymedia.org
Name: urbana.indymedia.org
Address: 64.5.70.195
Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: utah.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: vermont.indymedia.org
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I was interested in this, as some INDYMEDIA sites suffer from particularly heavy censorship,
and I wondered if they where connected in any way.
WELL THEY ARE. All the sites that censor heavily are included in the following list
(but not all of them censor heavily).
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The main computer with the
Name: stallman.indymedia.org and
IP Address: 216.231.32.98 has the following aliases
(that is all the following addresses are on the same computer)
Aliases: melbourne.indymedia.org
Aliases: sydney.indymedia.org
Aliases: austria.indymedia.org
Aliases: barcelona.indymedia.org
Aliases: belgium.indymedia.org
Aliases: germany.indymedia.org
Aliases: prague.indymedia.org
Aliases: sweden.indymedia.org
Aliases: switzerland.indymedia.org
Aliases: hamilton.indymedia.org
Aliases: maritimes.indymedia.org
Aliases: montreal.indymedia.org
Aliases: ontario.indymedia.org
Aliases: windsor.indymedia.org
Aliases: bolivia.indymedia.org
Aliases: brasil.indymedia.org
Aliases: ecuador.indymedia.org
Aliases: mexico.indymedia.org
Aliases: atlanta.indymedia.org
Aliases: austin.indymedia.org
Aliases: boston.indymedia.org
Aliases: chicago.indymedia.org
Aliases: madison.indymedia.org
Aliases: maine.indymedia.org
Aliases: twincities.indymedia.org
Aliases: minneapolis.indymedia.org
Aliases: newjersey.indymedia.org
Aliases: nycap.indymedia.org
Aliases: nyc.indymedia.org
Aliases: portland.indymedia.org
Aliases: richmond.indymedia.org
Aliases: rockymountain.indymedia.org
Aliases: santacruz.indymedia.org
Aliases: vermont.indymedia.org
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So lets hear it for R. Stallman, the champion of "free speech".
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