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reason and the extent of the censorship
number 10 Russia Russia has been known
to censor YouTube in the past
particularly when it comes to their
battles with extremism in 2010 a video
was uploaded to YouTube showing Islamic
extremist Doku Umarov claiming
responsibility for the Moscow Metro
bombings a series of suicide bombings
that left 40 people dead the video was
subsequently removed from the site the
calf cast center an independent Islamist
news agency then claimed that Russian
officials had ordered YouTube to remove
over 300 of their videos
another ban was attempted in July 2010
when the City Court of kamsa molas
kaanum or attempted to block YouTube due
to its hosting extremist content however
the ban was ultimately unsuccessful
number 9 brazil the paparazzi really
will record anything in September 2006
brazilian fashion model and TV host
daniela Ciccarelli and her boyfriend
were filmed fooling around on a public
beach this naturally caught the
attention of the internet and Ciccarelli
demanded that YouTube removed the video
while they did try many users simply re
uploaded the clip and it continued to
make its rounds on the Internet
exasperated Ciccarelli and her boyfriend
filed a lawsuit that requested that
YouTube be banned until the video was
removed amazingly the Brazilian Court
complied and YouTube was blocked from
the country for a couple of days before
the court overturned its decision number
8 turkey turkey is no stranger to
YouTube censorship the first instance
came in March 2007 when videos insulting
the founder of Turkey were posted
Turkey’s main Internet
provider türk Telekom was subsequently
ordered to block the site until the
offensive videos were removed YouTube
was subsequently banned several times
including in 2010 when a video surfaced
of politician Dennis Baikal meeting with
a woman for a romantic endeavor it was
blocked yet again in March 2014 after a
recording of government officials
discussing military involvement in Syria
was leaked more recently it was
throttled in December 2016 when a video
was uploaded depicting the murder of two
Turkish soldiers at the hands of
jihadists number seven Libya in January
2010 many Libyans woke up to find that
their access to YouTube had been blocked
as numerous videos were posted to the
site which were deemed unacceptable some
of these videos showed a protest from
the family members of inmates who were
murdered inside Abu Salim prison a
prison infamous for its abuse and
mistreatment of prisoners other videos
that were deemed unacceptable depicted
Muammar al-gaddafi family members at a
lavish party the ban was finally lifted
one year later at the conclusion of the
Libyan Civil War number six Thailand
Thailand is also no stranger to YouTube
censorship in 2006 various videos were
posted to the site that mocked the
country’s came under Thai law defamation
of the king is illegal to unblock the
site Google needed to remove 20
offensive videos which included the
insulting videos of the king and
criticisms of the law itself it was
blocked again in March 2007 although no
official reason was given and again the
next month after more offensive videos
and images of the monarch were published
the ban was finally lifted nearly 5
months later after YouTube agreed to
block the offensive videos from Thai
viewers number 5 Turkmenistan on
Christmas Day 2009 YouTube and various
other social websites like LiveJournal
were officially blocked in Turkmenistan
although no official reason was given
however new sources claimed that the
various bands were an attempt by the
officials of Turkmenistan to block
citizens from accessing all
native information and new sources their
alleged hope was to prevent outside
journalists from providing intelligence
to independent media Turkmenistan is
known for its abysmal freedom of press
as the autocratic government controls
nearly all forms of media in the country
partial access was temporarily restored
but it was suspended again in 2017
number four China like Turkmenistan
YouTube is completely blocked in China –
a few special areas the initial block
came in October 2007 and it remained in
place for five months however it was
again blocked in March 2009 after video
surfaced showing security officials
beating on protesters in Tibet a region
that’s been incorporated by China but
that is long yearn for independence
Beijing officials denounced the video
and called it doctored and quote a lie
before placing a ban on the popular
video sharing site the ban has remained
in place ever since number three
Pakistan the first of many bans in
Pakistan came in February 2008 when the
Pakistan telecommunication Authority
blocked access to the site over quote
non-islamic objectionable videos however
many people believed that this was an
excuse to cover the real reason videos
allegedly showing proof of vote rigging
by the ruling party it happened again in
May 2010 after blasphemous images of
Mohammed were posted to the site it was
then band after YouTube neglected to
remove the trailer for innocence of
Muslims an anti Islamic short film the
ban was finally lifted three years later
when YouTube launched a local version
that allowed government officials to
better control potentially controversial
material number two Iran Iran has a long
history of internet censorship
often times involving YouTube while
various ISPs allow access to the video
sharing site and schools and
universities retain a special privilege
to unblock YouTube for educational
purposes the web site was still banned
for a large majority of the country
after the release of the innocence of
Muslims trailer in 2012 an Iranian news
agency said that the web site was banned
quote because of public too
and and it remains blocked from most of
the population to this day number one
North Korea not only is YouTube blocked
from North Korea but many of the
country’s citizens do not have access to
the Internet at all those that do have
access are only given a strict
sanctioned and sanitized version that
the government controls however to
prevent visitors and foreigners from
releasing information and to further
limit access to the outside YouTube
along with various other social media
sites like Facebook and Twitter were
completely banned in April 2016 those
caught accessing the website in any way
would be subject to an uncertain
punishment the harrowing details of
which are unknown do you agree with our
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