List of websites with country access restrictions explained
This is a list of websites with country access restrictions.
| Alexa Rank | Website | Category | Primary language | Affected countries | Notes |
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| ? | | Source code repository | English | Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria,[1] Crimea Republic | |
| 166 | | Source code repository | English | Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria,[2] Crimea Republic[3] | After an angry reaction from the community, the restrictions were relaxed so that individual projects could indicate whether or not their software should be blocked.[4] |
| 1947 | | Online education | English | Cuba and Iran[5] [6] | Some courses may be available for Iranians in the future.[7] | |
Reactions
Notepad++ project moved its website outside the United States after SourceForge started to apply access restrictions.[8]
In 2009, Juventud Rebelde criticised Microsoft for blocking MSN Messenger in Cuba.[9]
In 2014, edX MOOC platform published a statement saying "we have never blocked students from receiving education on the edX platform because of where they live".[10]
Notes and References
- Web site: Additional Terms: Google Project Hosting . https://web.archive.org/web/20140824062347/https://code.google.com/projecthosting/terms.html . 2014-08-24 . live.
- Web site: Clarifying SourceForge.net's denial of site access for certain persons in accordance with US law . 25 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140725194844/http://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/ . 2014-07-25 . live.
- Web site: Sanctions Programs and Country Information. U.S. Department of the Treasury.
- Web site: Some good news: SourceForge removes blanket blocking . 8 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141010200149/http://sourceforge.net/blog/some-good-news-sourceforge-removes-blanket-blocking/ . 2014-10-10 . live.
- Web site: Update on Course Accessibility for Students in Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727023315/http://blog.coursera.org/post/74891215298/update-on-course-accessibility-for-students-in-cuba . 2014-07-27 . dead . 2014-07-27 .
- Web site: Why is my country blocked? . https://web.archive.org/web/20140717165942/http://help.coursera.org/customer/portal/articles/1425714-why-is-my-country-blocked- . 2014-07-17 . live.
- News: Iran's students to have US online courses. BBC News . June 3, 2014.
- Web site: Notepad++ new site: notepad-plus-plus.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20140419073303/http://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-new-site-notepad-plus-plus.org.html . 2014-04-19 . live.
- Web site: Cuba criticizes Microsoft blocking Messenger. ANDREA. RODRIGUEZ. May 30, 2009. The Sydney Morning Herald.
- Web site: We're not blocking anyone: EdX still educating students from Iran, Syria, Sudan and Cuba . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727183035/https://www.edx.org/blog/were-not-blocking-anyone-edx-still . 2014-07-27 . live.
