• By Nick Douglas
    Apr 6, 2007 8:49 PM 3,224
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    Who's banned where

    thai-king-make-up.jpgNICK DOUGLAS — Thailand will continue banning YouTube even though the user who posted a video mocking the king has taken it down. (There are still two pics on YouTube, says Thailand, that harm the king's sensitive sensibilities.) But Google says they'll work with Thailand to help censor YouTube. So who's outlawed in what country? Where is Google banned, and where's it just censored? And what's with North Korea? Let's answer this with the magic of charts!

    China Thailand Brazil North Korea Turkey
    Google Censored Available Available Banned Available
    YouTube Temporarily banned last year Banned Temporarily banned in January Banned Temporarily, maybe soon permanently, banned
    Yahoo Censored and gov't-friendly Available Available Banned Available
    AOL Available, uncensored? Available Available Banned Available
    Ask.com Censored? Available Available Banned Available
    MSN Censored Available Available Banned Available
    Wikipedia English site banned; Chinese site temporarily banned 2005-2006 Available Available You get the picture. North Korea has its own little Internet of about 30 sites. Available

    Nick Douglas writes for Valleywag, Blogebrity, and Look Shiny. He's never even been kicked out of a party.


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