According to reports from some of you, Flickr photos are currently blocked in China (so you can still access and browse the site, but all images disappeared). The Flickr staff writes:
It seems that access to our image servers is being blocked for users in much of China. Our technical staff has looked into this at depth and determined this is not a technical issue from our end. We will keep an eye on the situation and update if we get any developments.
And in a later update, they add:
We are checking periodically to see if the block is still in place, but haven"t detected any change. We hope that this is a temporary issue and we currently believe that it will be. In the meantime, we are investigating ...
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