New York — Independent news websites Tout Sur l'Algérie and Algérie Part have been widely inaccessible within Algeria since June 12, according to local journalists and news reports. The apparently targeted disruption took place amid anti-government protests that have been ongoing for nearly four months, and began shortly before several social media services were blocked in a shutdown that local news reports said coincided with high school exams on June 16.
Tout Sur l'Algérie director Lounes Guemache told CPJ by online message that the outlet became suddenly inaccessible on several networks on June 12, including broadband and mobile networks provided by the state-owned telecommunications provider Algérie Télécom. He told CPJ that Tout Sur l'Algérie's IP address was being blocked in an act of deliberate censorship. Abderrahmane Dziri, who works for Algérie Part in a technical role, told CPJ that the website was disrupted on the same day.
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