Answers.com blocked unblocked in China

Answers.com, the NASDAQ listed for profit website that makes heavy use of Wikipedia content has been blocked by China’s Net Nanny. Wikipedia has been blocked since November last year, after a brief period of being accessible. It seems that the new block was implemented to ensure Wikipedia content is not available at alternative URLs.

UPDATE: Answers.com is no longer blocked in Beijing (May 28, 23:11, news about block originally posted at 11:53).

UPDATE 2: May 29 — In the comments section readers in Beijing and Shanghai are saying that they cannot access Answers.com.

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