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Apparently, some bloggers from UAE are reporting that the dominant telecommunication company has blocked Flickr, again!
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Visual comment: http://ivanroquentin.typepad.com/ivan/2005/11/visual_comment__1.html
and have a look here, and follow the image-links:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roquentin/66707173/
It would be nice to get in touch with some Journalists…there is a big big protest on flickr, as you can guess…
Flickr Blocked in Saudi, Again!
Not to be missing to follow the steps of UAE, Saudi blocked Flickr again. I just can’t get what stupid policy is this to block it one day and then open it later and then block it again. What is the benefit of doing such a thing? Is it a game som…
What is with all this Dubai website blocking? Just becuase Dubai blocks certian sites from their proxy server, dosnt mean the rest of the world does not see it or cannot open it. What the Dubai government is doing by this is actually making investers think twice before investing in that country. They are hurting they way the world looks at them. They should not worry about a few people living in UAE opening site they do not agree with and instead worry about how the world sees this governement and how the world will predict the future of this government.