johnb820 Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Hello everyone. I wanted to come here to share with you something that I am not sure I know how to respond to. I just logged into this forum via the Tor Browser where my location is somewhere in France, which is where the servers are located and I logged in just fine. However, when I try to log in to the site through a normal browser from the United States I am banned and I do not have permission to view anything. I am disillusioned by a great number of things these days. This is the fault of the United States and its repealing of net neutrality. I am not really sure but I suspect Facebook blocks me. It really hurts to be arbitrarily blocked from the rest of you whom I have known for a long time. I am given an option to contact someone to be unbanned, but I suspect the message goes to no one at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb820 Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Here is a screenshot of my laptop's screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb820 Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 The good news is, California has a law upheld recently mandating net neutrality for websites and businesses owned and operated in the state. Democrats are looking to reinstate it at a federal level soon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Internet_Consumer_Protection_and_Net_Neutrality_Act_of_2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoline Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 I have no idea whats going on with your account. You arent banned anywhere. I saw these types of reports for several months on admin panel however "Logged in from a new device but did not complete two-factor authentication: Chrome 86.x.xxxx.xx on Windows. October 20, 2020 (IP RETRACTED) " This is really odd, since we haven't enforced 2-factor authentication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoline Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Yes it was because of the updates. Mars got it fixed. Something to do with database corruption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb820 Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 Ok, thanks Penzoline for responding. I can now access the forum by using the tor browser. Actually let me look into this and find out if it has to do with my IP or geolocation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb820 Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 Ok, so it seems to be my IP that is banned. I was considering that it had to do with my geolocation, being in the US but it doesn't. Penzoline, you could maybe look into any blacklistings for my IP. I can message you my IP if you would like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staffan Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Not the first time this happens. Not sure if it's the same, I'm not an admin. K-Ban had this issue too. Many spammers in the states I guess. Large IP ranges being blocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb820 Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 So uh, I wanted to respond and let you all know that as of today, I am not banned from my internet connection at home. My IP has changed as I reboot my modem often. However, I suspect that Facebook or whomever or whatever does not know something. * I will add that I was able to get past the banned page from a local library here, though I never posted about that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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