Global Voices Advocacy » Morocco blocks access to YouTube

posted by Sami Ben Gharbia on May 26, 2007
categories: Morocco

Yesterday, May 25, 2007, it has been reported by numerous Moroccan blogger that Morocco has blocked access to YouTube video sharing website. There have been many ongoing speculations that the ban followed the broadcasting of material critical of the country's king and pro-Western Sahara. This is the third major sites blocked by the Moroccan filtering regime after Google Earth and Livejournal.

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[...] Basta la censure au Maghreb! [...]
posted on May 27th, 2007 at 12:53 am - #11
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posted on May 27th, 2007 at 3:26 am - #12
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