Authorities again applied time-tested tactics to limit negative content for users. Since the beginning of July, it is difficult to access a well-known social network.
Upon requests from the Uzbek media, a representative of the Uzkomnazorat State Inspectorate stated that “in general, there is no reason to believe that there is a massive lack of access to Facebook. This is probably due to the modernization of equipment or the maintenance checkup of a particular provider or operator. ”
Having not received an intelligible answer, the journalists of online publications turned to anonymous specialists for comments. They replied that there is traffic shaping (restricting access speed) at the level of the content delivery network (CDN), as a result of which the content of the site was loaded with a significant delay. One provider representative on the condition of anonymity confirmed this.
On July 6, one of the publications conducted a survey in which more than 4 thousand people participated. Almost a third of them replied that the social network works only while using a VPN.
Another publication posted information on the growing popularity of VPN apps. One of which made a great leap, which rose by 1000 positions (from 1252 place in June to 20 as of July 10).
“The authorities have now simply repeated a technological trick as in the previous year to prevent widespread access to information about the worsening situation in the country,” says an ACCA expert, “In that case, officials clumsily explained this by updating of telecommunication equipment.” As a result, this “modernization” prevented the use of social networks. ”
To the effect that the situation in the country is bad due to the spread of COVID-19 recently said a representative of the headquarters for the fight against coronavirus Habibulla Akilov. Social assistance from the state is criticized. People indignantly perceive the news of injections of billions of dollars into the banking sector, various funds, and large businesses.
ACCA repeatedly posted about the stealing of humanitarian aid. Tough quarantine measures were extended until August 1, which the society took extremely negatively in expectation of a further fall of living standards. The authorities showed their rejection of criticism in blocking the online publication Durakchi, created in France by political refugee-journalist Vasily Markov. Humorous skits on the website and blogs of the same name raised the ire of officials who constantly use inflated speech and force the country’s online media to lie.
The latest headlines of Durakchi’s sarcastic notes already emphasize informational nonsense in the real actions of those in power: “Quarantine camp residents will be housed at irresponsible leaders”, “Pensioners will receive pensions in cryptocurrency”, “Rectal thermometers will protect Tashkent residents from coronavirus”, “Shuhrat Ganiev was sent to the USA for riots suppress. ”
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