Title: GitHub is being partially blocked in India by a prominent ISP (ACT) across multiple states under a sealed court order.<p>You can find multiple reports here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;search?q=Github%20%40actfibernet" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;search?q=Github%20%40actfibernet</a>. It has shown up in news reports: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;timesofindia.indiatimes.com&#x2F;gadgets-news&#x2F;github-content-domain-blocked-for-these-indian-users-reports&#x2F;articleshow&#x2F;96687992.cms" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;timesofindia.indiatimes.com&#x2F;gadgets-news&#x2F;github-cont...</a><p>ACT is using SNI-sniffing to block raw.githubusercontent, unlike most other blocks, which are DNS based. ACT&#x27;s block page claims it is under a court order to block the domain:<p>&gt; curl <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;raw.githubusercontent.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;raw.githubusercontent.com&#x2F;</a><p>&gt; This URL has been blocked under the instructions in compliance with the orders of a Hon&#x27;ble Court.<p>(Using HTTPS results in a dropped connection).<p>Unfortunately, there is no easy way to find out if there is even a court order behind this block. A few times court orders are leaked, and a court case to get a single order published took 3 years[0] . Other ISPs are known to block websites without court-order due to technical issues[1]<p>for the last few weeks, GitHub previews on the website have refused to load, alongside some other interesting cases, such as extension previews breaking on VS Code (, Obsidian etc).<p>Hopefully, GitHub is fighting a case to get this unblocked, and given the resources it has, to challenge the law here as well (the law gives no recourse as it stands).<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;internetfreedom.in&#x2F;delhi-hc-directs-meity-to-provide-a-copy-of-the-blocking-order-and-a-post-decisional-hearing-to-mr-tanul-thakur-whattheblock&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;internetfreedom.in&#x2F;delhi-hc-directs-meity-to-provide...</a><p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;captn3m0&#x2F;hello-cloudflare&#x2F;">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;captn3m0&#x2F;hello-cloudflare&#x2F;</a>
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