# Flightaware.com is down **URL:** \ **Category:** FlightAware\ **Created:** [September 27, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flightaware-com-is-down/69418 "2020-09-27T16:18:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![rugomol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/rugomol/32/113388_2.png) [@rugomol](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/rugomol)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flightaware-com-is-down/69418/30 "2020-09-30T08:48:10Z")
FA did not block data until recently: > but FlightAware also feeds back all the MLAT calculations that you’ve contributed to. > Unfortunately, a very small percentage of users are re-distributing and aggregating FlightAware’s MLAT calculations, often for the purpose of tracking aircraft that have specifically requested not to be tracked and are on one or more “block lists” used by the flight tracking industry. > As a result, we have come under pressure from aircraft operators with legitimate security concerns to stop feeding MLAT data back or remove their aircraft from the feed. Specifically, a lot of the concern originates from law enforcement, military, and other government operators that appreciate our cooperation > [@FlightAware MLAT Network Announcement](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flightaware-mlat-network-announcement/18874): > > Hi everyone, First, thank you for your support and contributions over the years. We now have (just shy of) 7,500 ground stations sharing data and growing faster than ever. If you haven’t heard, we recently [released PiAware 3.0](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/announcing-piaware-3-latest-version-3-5-0/18829) (\>25% better receiver performance, native WiFi support, new maps, and more) and are also [open sourcing our Android feeder](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flightfeeder-android-update/18869) so the community can benefit from the code even though we are discontinuing support for it. I’m writing today to discuss an issue with the FlightAw… --- _[View the full topic](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flightaware-com-is-down/69418)._