(Belgium) The Chamber of Representatives website blocks Tor users and also blocks archive.org. Also the “open” data website is blocked to Tor users
(Belgium) The Chamber of Representatives website blocks Tor users and also blocks archive.org. Also the “open” data website is blocked to Tor users
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 ...
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.