YouTube Banned In:
Tuesday - Jun 30, 2009 - 11:34 PMArmenia, China, Iran, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and recently Turkey. These are the countries that ban the popular video-sharing social networking web site owned by Google. Pakistan and Turkey are the most surprising positions on that list. Both countries are democratic and both don't really have oppressive regimes. I have not investigated the reasons behind Pakistan's decision, but in Turkey, government's decision was a clear censorship of information coming from the internet. Other than being very ineffective, it puts criticism on Turkey especially with their aspirations to join the European Union. Looks like Greece won't be Turkey's only problem to overcome before they can be invited to the club.
