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High number of UAE websites 'inaccessible' - project
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Posted on Saturday, 13 June 2009
This is not a report on censorship.
Posted by Nrome at 11:52 UAE time
Please, the herdictweb report is NOT a report on internet censorship and should not be taken as such, this is dangerously misleading producing such comments as "Isn't it amazing those countries that dictate democracy are those who place restrictions where none should be applied" (BTW dictate democracy is a contradiction in terms). It merely reports on inaccessible web sites, a wholly different matter. I will give you a breakdown on the first websites mentioned as "inaccessible" on the the herdict website, please note there is no mention of "blocked" or "censored" as the article here has suggested.
sendspace.com - a site providing a service to send large files. I have no problem reaching this site, this site is blocked by only one out of four ISP's. Hardly surprising for a service that that might chew up ISP bandwidth. This is commercial blocking, not UK government censorship.
ziare.org - this is a badly configured, or non-operational website that merely produces the error: "You don't have permission to access /ziareorg.php3 on this server." This is neither censorship, nor an indication of an ISP trying to block a site due to bandwidth concerns.
wattaninet.net - a broken, or no longer existant DNS record. Both nameserver records for this domain refuse to respond to nameserver queries. Again, this is neither censorship, nor an indication of an ISP trying to block a site due to bandwidth concerns.
www.anonymous.com.bh - this is my favourite so far! This is Bahrain government censorship by proxy, ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, as the government of Bahrain doles out all .bh domains and has complete control over whether they remain active, and where the nameserver, and therefore host addresses point to. In this case, that would appear to be the standard block message of the government of Bahrain, in particular, Batelco, the government controlled Telco. Any request to unblock this address points to - http://www.unblock.gov.bh/
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Censorship
Posted by Aziza at 11:37 UAE time
Saad, LIFE itself has no control or rating. In the end it is up to the individual to exercise discretion both in their life and on the internet. Yes there's every sort of bad thing on the net and there's every sort of bad thing in real life. As parents it is our responsibility to guide our children to make the right decisions.
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To those who calls Phonograpy as democracy
Posted by Saad at 10:40 UAE time
This is realy a good step since the internet has no control nor rating to be classified . I wounder how those who calls to open the internet if they will let their children watch these movies or pictures.
or use dating services.
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Internet censorhip
Posted by Carmi at 09:23 UAE time
Isn't it amazing those countries that dictate democracy are those who place restrictions where none should be applied. Internet censorship is a powerful weapon when governments use this tool to withhold information that should be accesible to each and everyone of us for the good of mankind. Technology today is being used by the powerful and elite to manipulate and control almost 2/3 of the world's population without us even realizing it's being done. Remember information and knowledge is a very powerful tool and there are those who would prefer it remains in the hands of a very few.
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Website Censorship
Posted by Sherrie at 09:13 UAE time
The numbers provided by the herdict.com site are based on individuals reporting blocked sites. Is this herdict.com site also blocked by the UAE? If so, people there would not be able to report blocked sites as easily as those in the US where this site is not blocked.
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BLOCKED WEB SITES
Posted by KUWAIT GUY at 08:53 UAE time
My vote is for Kuwait as the best on blocking websites. Nesrly everything is blocked. I cannot buy my granddaughter a poster as this site is considered "Harram."
However, the youth here know how to get around everything and anything.
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Posted on Friday, 12 June 2009
Truth is .... UAE is not alone
Posted by MindSmith at 01:12 UAE time
Finally!!! … for those folk who continuously 'whine ad naseum' about UAE proxy censorship; this story with US & German ratings helps put this subject into a realistic perspective. Countries ... all countries block access to websites deemed 'unsuitable or seditious;. At least in the UAE and Saudi - it is clearly visible, and there is a well defined appeals process (for those that want a site unblocked), ....whereas elsewhere in the world the blocks are 'hidden' i.e. no message from Etisalat or du - just a 404 not found message.
For those in the UK; herewith a le@ked document from Cambridge University about blocking technology used within the UK, and the fact that even wikipedia entries are blocked – expect in UK all you get as the user is page not found message – how’s that for government transparency and honesty?
http://file.sunshinepress.org:54445/richard-clayton-iwf-slides-2009.pdf
…if you were in the UK you’d probably be saying – well censorship is what’s best for our kids.
As someone once said: "Contrary to popular belief; you are NOT simply entitled to an opinion – rather; you are entitled to an ‘informed opinion’, get Informed about the subject at hand, and then make your ‘informed’ opinion".
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self censorship
Posted by paul at 14:02 UAE time
All those people calling for more censorship really need to learn to control themselves. Your browser goes where you tell it, and your computer has an off switch. Those people screaming for more censorship are really just highlighting their failure as human beings to control their own urges.
And the same goes for your family. If you educate your children properly and instill the right standards in them, then the web is not a problem. There are bad places on the internet just like there are bad places in many cities. The big neon flashing lights make it rather hard to walk into such places by accident.
If you are worried about bad things on the internet then might I suggest you stop searching for it?
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BLOCK DEPRAVITY IN PUBLIC
Posted by Farooq Iftikharuddin at 12:57 UAE time
First, Dubai and the UAE must block what goes on LIVE in the malls and beaches and streets and residential buildings then concentrate on websites otherwise this is hypocrisy and contradiction.
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Not true
Posted by Ralf at 12:54 UAE time
IF you look carefully that for countries like Germany it states that some users found they cannot access the website FOR WHATEVER reasons. That might be local problems, internet provider problems (and germany has hundreds of them), problems with the PC itself and so on. Sometimes even the website might be down or overloaded.
It is not that the websites are censored/blocked in any way.
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More please.
Posted by Muzamil Ashfaq at 12:47 UAE time
More websites must be blocked asap. Etisalat should be commended. Internet has become a major concern with most families.
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