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[More on GV Advocacy…] According to Download Squad, access to the popular social networking website Facebook has been blocked in the United Arab Emirates…

Posted by Sami Ben Gharbia

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“Facebook blocked in the United Arab Emirates?”

  1. October 4th, 2007 at 16:54 pm
    Ryan Nadel:
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    I posted an article on NowPublic.com about the situation. See here:

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

    Feel free to comment.

  2. October 4th, 2007 at 21:31 pm
    Sami Ben Gharbia:
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    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.

  3. October 6th, 2007 at 19:06 pm
    Allen Roth:
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    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

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