Blocked Internet sites/services?

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KSN Member

Member since 04 December 2010

KSNMember10 December 2010 15:50:31

Hi. I will be moving to Abu Dhabi in January and I was wondering what (if any) internet sites were banned in The UAE. I read only that Skype is blocked. I lived in China last year and facebook and youtube and a slew of other sites were blocked and I had to use a VePeEn service called to access these sites. If I do infact need a program to get around the sites will **** work for me there?

Thanks for your help!

Sandman6 ViP

Member since 17 May 2009

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Sandman6ViP10 December 2010 16:30:34

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PLEASE DO NOT mention specific vee pee en providers in the public domain - the Thought Police will block them!

Yes, you will require the same in the UAE. I would suggest the same one as before as it is not blocked.....YET

KSN Member

Member since 04 December 2010

KSNMember10 December 2010 16:57:36

Thanks Sandman. (Good point on the not mentioning of names...it was a little careless. opps!) I'll download before I go. Can you tell me which sites are blocked?! Is Facebook and Youtube accessable in The UAE?

Precious_Thoughts Member

Member since 05 December 2010

Precious_ThoughtsMember10 December 2010 17:53:19

^ Yes Facebook and Youtube are accessible in UAE. China is by far more restricted in that sense.

Sandman6 ViP

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Sandman6ViP12 December 2010 11:02:50

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KSN wrote:
Thanks Sandman. (Good point on the not mentioning of names...it was a little careless. opps!) I'll download before I go. Can you tell me which sites are blocked?! Is Facebook and Youtube accessable in The UAE?

All porn, online gambling, dating and many other "socially unacceptable" (read hipocrisy)sites are blocked.

Thanks for deleting the name of the vee pee en

bickybabu New member

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bickybabuNew member16 December 2010 08:01:07

Yasso44 Member

Member since 20 November 2010

Yasso44Member16 December 2010 08:05:05

Where I can find these tools for unblocking the sites?

Sandman6 ViP

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Sandman6ViP16 December 2010 08:48:51

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bickybabu wrote:
Hi

Please DO NOT name vee pee en sites in the public domain!

Sandman6 ViP

Member since 17 May 2009

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Sandman6ViP16 December 2010 08:49:38

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Yasso44 wrote:
Where I can find these tools for unblocking the sites?

Do a Google search and pick any of the providers shown on the first page

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