Twitter Banned in the United Arab Emirates

site blockedTwitter is now banned in the United Arab Emirates because its content is “incosistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates“. I guess the fact that Twitter has no content per se doesn’t play a big part here; they’ve basically banned a tool for communication. Twitter now joins the army of other sites banned by the Emirates, most notably Flickr and Facebook.

19 Responses to “Twitter Banned in the United Arab Emirates”

  1. Hyder Says:

    Don’t forget Orkut which is banned as well. Not too mention Skype that cannot be accessed and downloaded from there.

  2. Stan Schroeder Says:

    @Hyder: thanks, the list is too long to name every banned service (:

  3. Tiago Dória Weblog » Blog Archive » Twitter censurado nos Emirados Árabes Says:

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  4. Samer Yahia Says:

    Come on, Facebook is not banned, I can still use Twitter here in Dubai, I can post the screenshot of the sms I just got from it. (WILL not do on the banned flickr though.

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