The Belgian Chamber of Representatives website blocks Tor users and also blocks archive.org - Open Data - Fedia
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I have not been able to track down the Belgian open data law¹ but it seems in principle blocking both Tor users and archive.org from access to the address book of Chamber of Representatives would not be in line with the spirit of open data. They may not have the IT competency to serve Tor users but to treat archive.org like a...

The Chamber of Representatives website is hard to find with a search. The first several pages are wikis and various pages talking about the chamber of reps, but not www.dekamer.be which was well buried, at least for me. This means it’s an unpopular website. Which suggests efforts to block access is less justified. Tor users are ignored and browsers time out. Also notable that the chamber of reps treats archive.org badly. This leads to a broken CAPTCHA:

http://web.archive.org/web/20250124121819/https://www.dekamer.be/

When people can’t even see an archive of the site, it’s an extra dose of disservice and non-transparency.

Belgium’s “open” data website is also closed to Tor users (timeouts).

FWIW the France’s open data website is open to Tor users, thus probably all users.

  • ewo
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    3 days ago

    Fuck em, this is just more whitewashing. They want to erase data and history to their own ends, just like Trump et al is purging everything in the US. Wouldn’t be surprised if they are in cahoots.

    The archive should be a monument to humanity and history but again, they don’t want things they can’t control. Facists.