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by mrtimo 2575 days ago
I'm reading this thread while in a hotel a block away from the square in China (not on VPN, because that has not been working due to political events). Of course the BBC article is blocked. The thirtieth anniversary of the event is tomorrow.

Interesting that HN is not blocked.

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Let's test it: is this blocked? https://outline.com/99a78v

What about this (expires in 7 days, but does require an actual download. It is a FF screenshot of the BBC page): https://send.firefox.com/download/0fc126b73012ee50/#o_bILCxP...

I'm curious, because if they analyze these links (or even this message) I figure it would be easy to identify.

Neither were blocked.
Well then it looks like you can use outline to read things that are being censored.
For now, at least. The Chinese firewall may eventually whack that mole, too.