How mad is this...

[Clouds_mate]

Just fishing about on Wiki searching Dubai then the U.A.E.... I came across the network supply for U.A.E, Etisalat, they supply land line telephone, internet, like BT the main provider out there.

anyway... I found this so weird

Etisalat has blocked thousands of websites on the web due to various reasons; the statement on the "ban screen" states that websites may be banned due to their content contravening the religious, cultural, political, and moral values of the United Arab Emirates. These websites include:

Pornography
The entire Israel TLD (.il)
Certain social-networking websites
Certain media-sharing websites (such as flickr)
Anti-Islamic websites
Certain websites which cover aspects of the United Arab Emirates in a critical manner such as uaeprison.com, hetq.am and arabtimes.com
Anonymous proxy sites
"Some" File-sharing sites (torrents etc.)
Based upon the directions of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the United Arab Emirates, Etisalat blocks some websites, such as VoIP. Skype is one such service blocked by Etisalat. Many see this action as a move to protect the profits of the telecommunications industry.



So they supply a service but block stuff they dont want you to see. Maybe im living in the stone age and everyone knew about this but i have no idea....

[Lambo69]

thats crazy!!! we are only given acess to things people want us to see, we never know the full story about anything

[Rosstafarian]

thats great. soo stupid!
you'd be buggerd without porn out there!

[Matt_e]

your leaving the stone age?

[Robb]

if they can do this then surely our government could do this to block kiddie porn etc sites?

sucks to be adamwales.

[Barry123]

Knew China were cunts about was was accessible via the web... didn't realise the UAE was a bit of bugger about things too though.

[jaybiss]

No porn, take it youve cancelled your holiday now...

[Clouds_mate]

its not just the UAE....

Etisalat, which has 33 million subscribers in 14 countries, has made acquisitions and investments in excess of Dh30 billion in expanding international operations.

The UAE-based operator operates in Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gabon, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Pakistan, and the U.A.E.

[Davekelz]

Block torrents etc as well....surely would stop all the illegal shit that goes on over here?

[Clouds_mate]

Block torrents etc as well....surely would stop all the illegal shit that goes on over here?

Well out there is a mssive network of dodgy software etc. So god knows.

[Barry123]

thats fucked... the greatest thing ever is the internet... such a wealth of knowledge and porn. blocking those means we go back into the dark ages.

[Nick_T]

thats fucked... the greatest thing ever is the internet... such a wealth of knowledge and porn. blocking those means we go back into the dark ages.

adsayer - porn = :sad:

[Clouds_mate]

No porn, take it youve cancelled your holiday now...

Iv found hope... Dubai Internet City....

Unlike most of the UAE, DIC's internet is not routed via the country's censorship proxy which blocks access to any content deemed 'inappropriate', as well as technologies like Skype that provide cheap alternatives to the expensive government-run phone companies. However, the Director of the TRA (Telecoms Regulatory Authority) has stated that DIC and the other free zones will be subject to the same censorship as the rest of the country. So far such censorship has not been enacted, possibly because the authorities are aware of adverse impact it would have on the businesses in the zone.



Taaaaaaaxi

[djmartin]

hmm no suprise to see this stuff goin on FBI do it to loads of sites ;).
there currently on a clamp down and finding ppl who use limewire the main creater of limewire is already behind bars lol.

[Barry123]

I think its fair to say that the golden age (free music in particular) of the internet is over...

[Robb]

I think its fair to say that the golden age (free music in particular) of the internet is over...

good in a way.

p2p was all fun till it became comercial, theres more viruses on there than files now.

when i get my ipod im just going to download my songs from itunes.

[Clouds_mate]

Rob are you still looking for an ipod? might sell you my nano if your interested.

[AdamW]

hmm no suprise to see this stuff goin on FBI do it to loads of sites ;).
there currently on a clamp down and finding ppl who use limewire the main creater of limewire is already behind bars lol.

FBI rappel (grapple) down side of your house....smash through windows.....FREEZE....Are you Adam Watkins.....

Eeeerrrr Yes..

You under arrest for illegally downloading 10 songs off limewire.....

Cant see it happening tbh

[Clouds_mate]

grapple - LMAO

[Barry123]

good in a way.

p2p was all fun till it became comercial, theres more viruses on there than files now.

when i get my ipod im just going to download my songs from itunes.

its weird man... not once have i downloaded a virus.

[Robb]

its weird man... not once have i downloaded a virus.

to be fair, i havent either.

i can tell what sort of files might be viruses as ive been into it since napster days.

however saying that, i did once download a file on my computer that would never delete, wasnt a virus or anything, just wouldnt delete. it had the longest file name in the world, something like "pokeman, red, blue, jenna jameson....." always feared it would come up if my dad searched to see if id been downloading das porn.

[saxoash]

main creater of limewire is already behind bars lol.

Don’t believe that... The government would close down the site first before takign any legal action, and even then he hasn’t done anything wrong... so I smell BS

Web censorship happens everywhere

[Barry123]

hahahahahahahaaa reminds me of the time I was looking at naked women and the fucking computer just froze as my dad walked into the room.


theres me smashing the power button on the computer realising that wasnt doing shit so full on punched the standby button on the monitor instead.

[AdamW]

My dad in his old company got a virus........there was an alert box on the screen which said "Do you have a small willy"....if you tried to press NO it would jump around screen.....when your pressed YES it would laugh.....and do it over and over again....

Legendary

[Japman]

thats mad!!!

[R4T]

way to much time on your hands man lol

[James]

FBI rappel (grapple) down side of your house....smash through windows.....FREEZE....Are you Adam Watkins.....

Eeeerrrr Yes..

You under arrest for illegally downloading 10 songs off limewire.....

Cant see it happening tbh


You need to stop spending so much time on r6 darling xx