Tech for blocking particular YouTube video - Wired.com question

Tue Oct 23 21:57:32 UTC 2012

And of course, we all know, it was the video that induced the riot... :)

-mike

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On Oct 23, 2012, at 14:53, Ryan Singel <ryan at ryansingel.net> wrote:

> A colleague is working on a story that a particular country not to be named
> implemented technology to block a particular infamous riot-inducing video
> for a certain section of its populace.
>
> The questions are: 1) how hard is this to do at scale, 2) does it require
> DPI equipment and 3) is there a way to prove, from an end node, that it's
> happening?
>
> Off-list replies are fine, even better are folks willing to talk on record.
>
> I appreciate any help you can give.
>
> Ryan Singel
> Editor
> Wired
> Threat Level