{"id":7624,"date":"2014-09-18T14:44:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T13:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=7624"},"modified":"2014-09-18T14:47:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T13:47:49","slug":"ees-uk-internet-content-blocking-system-goes-haywire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/09\/ees-uk-internet-content-blocking-system-goes-haywire.html","title":{"rendered":"EE&#8217;s UK Internet Content Blocking System Goes Haywire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Customers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>&#8217;s mobile service in the United Kingdom, specifically those who may be attempting to surf the Internet using their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\">3G<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> based data connections (Mobile Broadband), are today being hit by sporadic problems that can result in legitimate websites being wrongfully blocked.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The fault, which occurs regardless of whether or not the <strong>Content Block<\/strong> filter has been enabled and irrespective of the websites actual content, appears to be hitting everything from Facebook to YouTube and even Apple&#8217;s Privacy Policy page.<\/p>\n<p>In another example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>&#8217;s helpdesk advised at least one stricken customer, James Blessing (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ispa\" target=\"_blank\">ISPA<\/a> Chair and CTO of Keycom), to &#8220;<em>install a vpn\/proxy app to bypass the content block<\/em>&#8220;; hardly an ideal solution.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk this afternoon that &#8220;<em>there has been an issue with content lock today<\/em>&#8221; and advised customers to keep an eye on their <a href=\"http:\/\/community.ee.co.uk\/t5\/Announcements-from-EE\/Content-lock-issue-18-9-14\/td-p\/201101\" target=\"_blank\">EE Community Page<\/a> for updates. 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