I feel this is a response to a 4chan attack:
For those unaware, the UK police are currently promising to go after people posting misinformation and retweeting content (including video of riots) that might incite hate.
In response to this the UK police are being trolled on their live chats (largely by Americans I believe). I did originally post a link to these (you can find them on X), but given the content I don't want to risk it.
I'm assuming they're now blocking IPs because of the abuse.
This started yesterday when the police said they have officers looking through social media for offences, https://x.com/ElijahKyama_/status/1821180825007763660/video/...
But heated up again today after a 55 year old women was arrested for posting inaccurate information to social media, https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news/cheshire/news/articles/2...
I'm currently waiting for a knock at my door along with 65 million of Brits who have posted inaccurate information online from time to time.
Legal note: if anything I have said here is inaccurate I was unaware of it at the time of posting.
It's a surprise, I'm a UK citizen living in a UK dependency and will shortly be returning to Great Britain, and I can't access it.
Huh!
$ host www.police.uk
www.police.uk is an alias for fallback.soh.police.uk.
fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.28.214
fallback.soh.police.uk has address 104.18.29.214
$ host police.uk
police.uk has address 51.104.28.64
Let's keep it real please!
(EDIT - formatting)
I get a HTTP/2 403 from a US IP address. The html payload has Cloudflare Ray all over it.
I get the same Cloudflare block page that I come across very frequently in search results (and always results in a swift click of the Back button.)
"Anarcho-tyranny is a social condition characterized by a combination of anarchy and tyranny, where the government is simultaneously ineffective at enforcing laws against criminal behavior and overly oppressive against law-abiding citizens."
Yeah I'm blocked too, New Zealand here
How many frustrated everyday UK citizens are going to get scammed into using malicious VPN/proxy services or malicious software to access UK government services from abroad?
I blindly clicked this expecting an article about the matter. Was kinda surprised to be given a live demonstration. I can reach nhs.uk fine.
Edit: searching Google, there are recent reports that make me feel like this is their response to being too incompetent to process cyber crime reports. I’m genuinely curious if someone unilaterally decided that people not physically in the uk don’t matter.