internetfreedom.org
Mixed
Results vary across internetfreedom.org: of 10 URLs tested, 7 are blocked and 3 load normally. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, silently drops its packets so requests time out and resets the connection. 434 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-05-01, the most recent on 2026-07-30.
The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
The site itself
http://internetfreedom.orgas of 2026Blockedhttps://internetfreedom.orgNot blockedhttp://www.internetfreedom.orgBlockedhttps://www.internetfreedom.orgas of 2026Not blockedPages and subdomains (6)
https://internetfreedom.org/FreeGate.htmlas of 2026Not blockedhttp://forums.internetfreedom.orgBlockedhttps://forums.internetfreedom.orgBlockedhttp://www.internetfreedom.org/FreeGate.htmlas of 2026Blockedhttp://forums.internetfreedom.org/index.php?topic=3262.0as of 2026Blockedhttps://forums.internetfreedom.org/index.php?topic=18799.0BlockedAbout internetfreedom.org and the Great Firewall
Results vary across internetfreedom.org: of 10 URLs tested, 7 are blocked and 3 load normally. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, silently drops its packets so requests time out and resets the connection. 434 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-05-01, the most recent on 2026-07-30.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://internetfreedom.org is blocked, https://internetfreedom.org is not blocked. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks internetfreedom.org. GreatFire runs GreatFire VPN; the Analyzer also tests the domains of many VPN and proxy providers, so you can check whether one is reachable before relying on it.
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