Comments on: The United Arab Emirates Blocks Skype

By: Sara Croly

Sara Croly — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:13:22 +0000

check middlesurf.com

By: Ron Callari

Ron Callari — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:02:30 +0000

What is most disturbing to me personally is that a social networking website that I built on July 13, 2008 was censored in the UAE the following day, on July 14, 2008. The Hotel SEO Executives is a group that tallies only 20 members to date. It is a network of hoteliers and SEO executives worldwide that collaboratively exchange ideas and information pertaining to search engine optimization in the hotel industry. Hardly a threatening group! Definitely not an organization that would harm “the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates!” But yet a Hyatt Dubai hotel executive was blocked by Etisalat from registering on just that site.

By: UAE Blocks Social Media Networks | AEJMC Members Forum

UAE Blocks Social Media Networks | AEJMC Members Forum — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:38:45 +0000

[...] United Arab Emirates (UAE) has blocked Skype form its telecom networks. Other barred social networks include Flickr and Twitter. TheÂ UAE [...]

By: Il Blog di Skype

Il Blog di Skype — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:06:04 +0000

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By: Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:41:48 +0000

Thanks, KD and Ryan. Yeah, the policy indicates the criteria for blocking networks. Usually sex and curse words. Unfortunately, social networks involve people, so inevitably people talk about sex and curse. So it’s no wonder almost all of them have been banned by the UAE at some time in the past or present.

By: Ryan Lanham

Ryan Lanham — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:31:45 +0000

My sympathy. Skype is my highpoint of the day. UAE policy stinks…

By: KDPaine

KDPaine — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:18:00 +0000

They also block Flickr. I tried to post pictures when I was there last year, no luck.