Comments on: Facebook blocked in the United Arab Emirates? http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/03/facebook-blocked-in-the-united-arab-emirates/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:53:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Allen Roth http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/03/facebook-blocked-in-the-united-arab-emirates/comment-page-1/#comment-1197562 Allen Roth Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:06:11 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/03/facebook-blocked-in-the-united-arab-emirates/#comment-1197562 Wonder if the Burmese success in cracking down on access to the internet and the democracy movement has given life to a new burst of blocking on the internet? One more case is China and RSS feeds. http://www.caseforfreedom.org/b/2007/10/china_contiues_crackdown.asp Wonder if the Burmese success in cracking down on access to the internet and the democracy movement has given life to a new burst of blocking on the internet?

One more case is China and RSS feeds.

http://www.caseforfreedom.org/b/2007/10/china_contiues_crackdown.asp

]]> By: Sami Ben Gharbia http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/03/facebook-blocked-in-the-united-arab-emirates/comment-page-1/#comment-1197305 Sami Ben Gharbia Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:31:17 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/03/facebook-blocked-in-the-united-arab-emirates/#comment-1197305 Please check <a href="http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/03/facebook-blocked-in-the-united-arab-emirates/" rel="nofollow">Global Voices Advocacy </a> for more updates about the issue: <p>Some UAE internet users are <a href="http://uaecommunity.blogspot.com/2007/09/hmmmm_05.html" rel="nofollow">confirming that the ban was ordered</a> by the government-owned <a href="http://www.etisalat.co.ae/" rel="nofollow">Etisalat</a>. The <a href="http://www.itihad.net/forum/showpost.php?p=28573&postcount=1" rel="nofollow">Administrator of itihad.net</a> (UAE) called up his ISP’s call center and they stated that they are blocking <a href="http://www.facebook.com/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a>. </p> <p>Other Internet users, however, are reporting (<a href="http://www.mshjiouij.com/blog/archives/155#comment-14607" rel="nofollow">here</a> [Ar], <a href="http://mashable.com/2007/10/01/facebook-uae/" rel="nofollow">here</a> [En] and <a href="http://uaecommunity.blogspot.com/2007/09/part-of-facebook-is-blocked.html#6915778958084167118" rel="nofollow">here</a> [En]) they can access the website and that there is no blocking at their end.</p> Please check Global Voices Advocacy for more updates about the issue:

Some UAE internet users are confirming that the ban was ordered by the government-owned Etisalat. The Administrator of itihad.net (UAE) called up his ISP’s call center and they stated that they are blocking Facebook.

Other Internet users, however, are reporting (here [Ar], here [En] and here [En]) they can access the website and that there is no blocking at their end.

]]> By: Ryan Nadel http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/03/facebook-blocked-in-the-united-arab-emirates/comment-page-1/#comment-1197279 Ryan Nadel Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:54:44 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/03/facebook-blocked-in-the-united-arab-emirates/#comment-1197279 I posted an article on NowPublic.com about the situation. See here: http://www.nowpublic.com/node/661305 Feel free to comment. I posted an article on NowPublic.com about the situation. See here:

http://www.nowpublic.com/node/661305

Feel free to comment.

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