{"id":52071,"date":"2022-03-04T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52071"},"modified":"2022-03-04T09:51:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:51:56","slug":"the-guardian-bbc-website-blocked-in-russia-as-shortwave-radio-brought-back-to-cover-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/the-guardian-bbc-website-blocked-in-russia-as-shortwave-radio-brought-back-to-cover-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian: “BBC website \u2018blocked\u2019 in Russia as shortwave radio brought back to cover Ukraine war”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Chris, who shares the following report from The Guardian<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

BBC website \u2018blocked\u2019 in Russia as shortwave radio brought back to cover Ukraine war (The Guardian)<\/a><\/h1>\n

Website reportedly available at only 17% of normal levels in Russia, hours after broadcaster revives radio technology to reach Ukraine and parts of Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Access to BBC websites has been restricted in Russia, hours after the corporation brought back its shortwave radio service in Ukraine and Russia to ensure civilians in both countries can access news during the invasion.<\/p>\n

State communications watchdog Roskomnadzor restricted access to BBC Russia\u2019s online presence, as well as Radio Liberty and the Meduza media outlet, the state-owned Russian RIA news agency reported on Friday.<\/p>\n

According to Globalcheck, a service that tracks internet censorship in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the availability of the entire BBC website was at 17% of normal levels in Russia, which suggests some services have been blocked.<\/p>\n

BBC Russia also reported that Meta, formerly known as Facebook, also appeared to be blocked, as was Google Play.<\/p>\n

The signs the BBC was being blocked emerged hours after the BBC\u2019s decision to revert to a mostly obsolete form of broadcasting, broadcasting four hours of its world service, read in English, to Ukraine and parts of Russia each day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s often said truth is the first casualty of war,\u201d BBC director general Tim Davie said in announcing the move on Thursday. \u201cIn a conflict where disinformation and propaganda is rife, there is a clear need for factual and independent news people can trust \u2026 millions more Russians are turning to the BBC.\u201d [Continue reading at The Guardian…<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Chris, who shares the following report from The Guardian: BBC website \u2018blocked\u2019 in Russia as shortwave radio brought back to cover Ukraine war (The Guardian) Website reportedly available at only 17% of normal levels in Russia, hours after broadcaster revives radio technology to reach Ukraine and parts of Russia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[327,9688,787,2615,4655],"class_list":["post-52071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine","tag-the-guardian","tag-ukraine","tag-why-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dxR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52067,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/ny-times-bbc-revives-shortwave-radio-dispatches-in-ukraine-and-draws-ire-of-russia\/","url_meta":{"origin":52071,"position":0},"title":"NY Times: “BBC revives shortwave radio dispatches in Ukraine, and draws ire of Russia.”","author":"Thomas","date":"March 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who share the following news item from the New York Times. 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Carlos notes: BBC, 5875 kHz, listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, March 19, 2022, 21h32 (UTC). 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