I just found out that https://annas-archive.li/ is masked by my German internet provider (SIM.de/Drillisch). I usually use a VPN but I had it switched off temp. to watch Fallout (Prime Video won't let you watch through a VPN). Only when I switched Mullvad back on could I open the site.

I didn't know German providers do this.

▲ oarfish a day ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah this is actually quite nefarious, as it is a private organization that decides what sites get blocked, with no legal oversight.

- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearingstelle_Urheberrecht_im...

- https://netzpolitik.org/2024/cuii-liste-diese-websites-sperr...

Its a DNS based block, so overriding your default DNS server is enough to circumvent it. I think Dns over Https also works.

	▲	NoahZuniga 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Pretty sure this was a thing in the past, but that currently it has to be a court order.

▲ croemer 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think it's a DNS level block. I've been using NextDNS (free plan) and one side effect (besides auto ad block) is that it doesn't have those blocks. Highly recommend - there are alternative services as well, just saw NextDNS recommended here.

Alternative: https://archive.ph/2025.12.21-050644/https://annas-archive.l...

	▲	grumbelbart 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Someone compiled a list of blocked domains (by probing different DNS servers): https://cuiiliste.de/ This is also how, for example, RT is blocked in Germany.

▲ iknowstuff a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In that vein, I am trying to find out why searching for

    alextud popcorntime

which should trivially yield http://github.com/alextud/PopcornTimeTV results in anything but that one particular URL in every search engine: Google, Kagi, DuckDuckGo, Bing

They even find a fork of that particular repo, which in turn links back to it, but refuse to show the result I want. Have't found any DMCA notices. What is going on?

	▲	ticoombs a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They have marked the repo as noindex (or GitHub is forcing a noindex header). Its returning a noindex flag so every serp is correctly doing what the repo has been asked. That is... except for brave! I checked on my searx instance and it still showed up in brave's results
	▲	Mythli 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Try Yandex search, trust me later. It has 0 censorship - regarding pirated content at least.
	▲	ZeWaka a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Very interesting. The security page does show up on kagi at #6. I wonder if GitHub flags it to not be indexed or something.

▲ polytely 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Also true in the Netherlands, I hate these copyright freaks constantly trying to restrict access.

▲ sva_ 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They also block some foreign "news" like Russia Today last time I checked.

▲ junon a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Was also shocked to see that (Berlin, Telekom here).