Is Flickr Being Blocked in the United Arab Emirates?
Flickr: FlickrCentral Some United Arab Emirate bloggers are reporting that Etisalat the major telecommunications company in UAE is blocking the site Flickr. I have not seen any formal news on this topic but one Flickr user provided the following response from Etisalat: "We are treating flickr as we are treating pornographic sites. the increasing number of porno pictures in the pages was what made us block the site. we will NOT unblock it, as we did before, because we consider it to be a pornographic site and we will not allow those kinds of images to be viewed by our users. sorry for the inconvenience." For more on the conversation you can follow the Flickr Central thread on the subject here.
During my time as a Flickr user I've noticed a small but vibrant and very active community of UAE members on the site.
4 Comments:
Thomas, it's false (fortunately). It's not a matter of pornography, at all...
Ivan Roquentin
Ivan then what is the objection and why is the UAE being blocked?
Thomas, have at the petition and follow the links:
Petition
ivan, i'm lost.
checked the petition and it states that it is pornography. what is it? help...
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