If you’re an American, you’re used to having access to every website on the web.This is especially true for the biggest websites that you use every day, and that many people can’t imagine their day without. Read this article to discover what these tools are, who bans them, and how you can beat them at their own game!
Don’t Call Home: Google, Skype, YouTube Banned in Some Countries
If you travel to some countries, or find yourself living in them at some point for work, you’ll be shocked to find that some of the websites you take for granted are banned websites in some countries. Even a visit to the UK can have you running right into some online censorship. Here are five popular websites that are banned in certain countries.
Google products are banned in China
The Chinese government has seen fit to block Twitter, YouTube, Google Drive, Picasa, and Google+. If you’re in China for work you won’t be able to collaborate on documents with your co-workers, follow up on Google+ content you’ve posted and build your profile, or use Google Hangouts!
You’ll be a little bit isolated…and thousands of miles from home! Considering how many people use this, this may be an example of one of the worst banned websites on Earth!
Skype is banned in 16 countries
Skype is a very handy VOIP protocol tool to have around when you want to chat with friends back home. All you need is an internet connection – no long distance fees apply!
If you’re visiting one of 15 countries that have had bans the use of Skype now, or in the past, you may be out of luck. Here are those countries:
Belize- Brazil’s main ISP
- Most Caribbean countries
- China
- Egypt
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Mexico
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Qatar
- United Arab Emirates
Greedy telecom companies are typically to blame in instances where VOIP companies are banned websites.
YouTube banned in 10 countries
We all love YouTube, but if you’re in Brazil, Turkey, Germany, Libya, Thailand, Turkmenistan, China, North Korea, Iran, or Pakistan you will not be able to either access all of YouTube’s videos, or be blocked entirely.
China is particularly rough as they have instituted a video policy that makes sure that all videos uploaded in China are reviewed by someone in government…for the protection of children from harmful material.
How to unblock these banned websites
Short of moving outside the country, you will have to use a
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