YouTube Blocked in the Sudan?
By Curt on Aug 5, 2008 in YouTube, Blocked, Sudan
Update: I can access the site now and it appears that Sudan’s “National Telecommunications Corporation” has instituted the block. The fact that some Sudanese can still visit YouTube looks to be because there is at least one ISP, Canar, that is not directly controlled by the NTC.
The use of social media sites by the politically-minded in recent demonstrations is probably behind the block. There is now a Facebook group for unblocking YouTube in Sudan. As of Tuesday morning there are 495 members.
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Victor sends us a link to a story on YouTube being “partially blocked” in the Sudan. Unfortunately, the link won’t load for me. Nor does the GVO site in general.
Can anyone verify this?
Solanasaurus | Aug 5, 2008 | Reply
Hi Curt, Global Voices was down earlier, but is back up again now.
Solana
DZA | Aug 6, 2008 | Reply
sudanese youtubers found many ways to unblock the site, they use other youtube servers (ex: ca.youtube.com) or proxy applications.
nothing can stop us