Access Blocked News Globally - Offshore VPS Solution

Tracking by organizations like Freedom House and OONI (Open Observatory of Network Interference) documents the most commonly blocked news sources: BBC: Blocked in China, North Korea, partially restricted in Russia Voice of America: Blocked in China, North Korea, Russia, Iran Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Blocked in Russia (Meduza, TV Rain, inoSMI all blocked), Belarus, Tajikistan, partially Kyrgyzstan Al-Jazeera: Blocked in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Syria Deutsche Welle: Blocked in Russia, China New York Times: Blocked in China The Guardian: Partially restricted or slow in multiple countries Meduza: Blocked in Russia (Latvian-based Russian-language independent news) An offshore VPS relay gives you access to all of these simultaneously without needing to configure anything per-site.

The simplest configuration for news access is a SOCKS5 proxy on your VPS. Unlike a full VPN (which routes all traffic), a SOCKS5 proxy lets you configure your browser to route only certain traffic through the VPS. On your Anubiz Host VPS: ```bash # SSH dynamic port forwarding - no server-side setup needed ssh -D 1080 -N -f user@YOUR_VPS_IP ``` In your browser (Firefox example): - Network settings -> Manual proxy -> SOCKS5 proxy: 127.0.0.1, Port: 1080 - Check "Proxy DNS when using SOCKS5" This routes all browser traffic through your VPS. Blocked news sites load normally. No VPN client software required. For a permanent setup without keeping SSH open: install Squid or 3proxy on your VPS and configure a credential-protected proxy accessible from your IP only.