Can you access the MSE forum site from outside of the UK

20122013

Does anyone know whether you access the MSE forum site outside of the UK ?

MattMattMattUK

20122013 said:

Does anyone know whether you access the MSE forum site outside of the UK ?

Yes, no problems at all with international access (apart from probably China and North Korea).

MyRealNameToo

MattMattMattUK said:

20122013 said:

Does anyone know whether you access the MSE forum site outside of the UK ?

Yes, no problems at all with international access (apart from probably China and North Korea).

You can access it from China, or at least Hong Kong... can't say about N.Korea 

soolin

I often respond on here whilst sitting by the pool, or in the bar taking in the sun in some overseas destination. 

la531983

Why would the OP think that other countries would block this site?

Brie

There are even regular forum contributors from outside the UK!!

MyRealNameToo

la531983 said:

Why would the OP think that other countries would block this site?

My assumption was the opposite, that MSE would be intentionally blocking overseas visitors

Brie

MyRealNameToo said:

la531983 said:

Why would the OP think that other countries would block this site?

My assumption was the opposite, that MSE would be intentionally blocking overseas visitors

I doubt MSE would ever consider blocking anyone but other countries might block people within that country from using a site or how they use a site.   China and Korea have already been mentioned.

Don't think it applies for MSE but I know that in Canada you can't post or view links to news items on social media like facebook.  So when I'm there I can't see things friends in the UK might have posted - other than their comments.  I don't know why for sure but I know that Canada has in the past had bans of certain news being reported and so if I wanted to know what was happening had to depend on UK friends giving me a verbal account of what the BBC or whomever might have reported.  

MyRealNameToo

Brie said:

MyRealNameToo said:

la531983 said:

Why would the OP think that other countries would block this site?

My assumption was the opposite, that MSE would be intentionally blocking overseas visitors

I doubt MSE would ever consider blocking anyone but other countries might block people within that country from using a site or how they use a site.   China and Korea have already been mentioned.

Personally was more considering the other part of the site, MSE is an appointed represented with FCA.

There is probably a small risk that some content could be considered financial advice in some jurisdictions and their FCA status would only cover them for the UK. Their AR status will be to do with the comparisons they run on insurance etc and so may avoid issue in other jurisdictions as they won't return quotes etc but it technically could breach some countries laws and some are just a pain in the !!!!!! and so blocking IPs from those countries would probably be a sensible move rather than having to deal with an overseas regulator demanding you pay fines. 

marcia_

 When i was in Sri Lanka i couldn't access mse at all. Didn't like my ip address.