Jump to content

List of websites with country access restrictions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 197.252.20.187 (talk) at 19:37, 22 January 2021 (In Sudan We can access to those website without any restrictions.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

This is a list of websites with country access restrictions.

Alexa Rank Website Category Primary language Affected countries Notes
? Google Code Source code repository English Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria,[1] Crimea Republic
166 SourceForge Source code repository English Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria,[2] Crimea Republic[3] After an angry reaction from the community, the restrictions were relaxed so that individual projects could indicate whether or not their software should be blocked.[4]
1947 Coursera Online education English Cuba and Iran[5][6] Some courses may be available for Iranians in the future.[7]

Reactions

Notepad++ project moved its website outside the United States after SourceForge started to apply access restrictions.[8]

In 2009, Juventud Rebelde criticised Microsoft for blocking MSN Messenger in Cuba.[9]

In 2014, edX MOOC platform published a statement saying "we have never blocked students from receiving education on the edX platform because of where they live".[10]

References

  1. ^ "Additional Terms: Google Project Hosting". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  2. ^ "Clarifying SourceForge.net's denial of site access for certain persons in accordance with US law". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  3. ^ "Executive Order 13685" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Some good news: SourceForge removes blanket blocking". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  5. ^ "Update on Course Accessibility for Students in Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  6. ^ "Why is my country blocked?". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  7. ^ "Iran's students to have US online courses".
  8. ^ "Notepad++ new site: notepad-plus-plus.org". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  9. ^ "Cuba criticizes Microsoft blocking Messenger".
  10. ^ "We're not blocking anyone: EdX still educating students from Iran, Syria, Sudan and Cuba". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_websites_with_country_access_restrictions&oldid=1002083051"