October 28, 2004
bush-cheney web site blocks foreign visitors
Doesn't this seem to be xenophobic? The Bush-Cheney Web site, http://www.georgewbush.com/, has blocked access to the site by clients (browsers) that are located on foreign computers - those outside of the U.S. It's not a complete ban because computes form Canada can view the site. Reports are available in the Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2668-2004Oct27.html.
Maybe it's not that surprising since they only allow people who agree with them to attend campaign rallies, they get their news only from hand-picked resources, and don't bother to respond to charges published in news outlets they don't agree with (until the story gets so big they have to make some response.)
Other reports on this story are available from Netcraft, "Bush Campaign Web Site Rejects Non-US Visitors and BBC News, "Bush website blocked outside US. The report by Netcraft suggested that the blocking may be done to manage hostng costs. It does trim transfer rates to IP addresses outside of North America.
Posted by ernie at October 28, 2004 03:43 PM
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