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List of Google Services Blocked or Disrupted, By Countries

Google Services disrupted Want to know the list of the countries where Google services are blocked? read on. According to Google, people in more than 30 countries face disruption to all, one or the other of its service due to various reasons but the most common reason being Government censorhip. While countries like Pakistan, Tajikistan are blocking services like Youtube citing censorship, countries like Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago have had to face disruptions due to reasons like blackout. These reports are released as part of the Google Transparency reports and can be accessed by clicking on the link here.

Among the list of services blocked it is very interesting to note that Morocco has blocked Google Earth since 2009 and continues to be the only country doing it in the world! There are a total of 14 disruptions in 2013 so far and most of these are due to Government censorship. In 2012 there were 27 disruptions, apart from government censorship the other reasons included Undersea cable cuts and ISP errors.

Following are the countries that have blocked one or all of the Google services citing censorship as the reason. You can view the complete report here:

 

Region Products (Still blocked)
Tajikistan YouTube
Syria All Products
China All Products
Iran Gmail
Pakistan YouTube
Turkey YouTube
Morocco Google Earth

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Yahoo MoviePlex Indian Cinema

Looks like the competition for Indian Movie Screening space just got hotter on the web too! After Google had launched their Indian movie channel on YouTube, its now the turn of Yahoo! Yahoo India today announced the launch of  Yahoo Movieplex that showcases full length, licensed Indian movies online for free.

Currently there are about 8 Bollywood movies that can be watched online including Rock On, Dil Toh Bacchha Hai Ji, Rann, AakroshRakth Charithra 1 & 2. Google had launched a similar offering sometime back and currently has about 50 Indian Movies for online viewing including Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi & Bengali. Although not aimed at curbing piracy, the online availability of these movies will go a long way in generating new revenue streams for the film fraternity and also enable access to growing internet population for advertisers. This is well summarized by the quote from Yahoo’s Arun Tadanki.

Mr Arun Tadanki, Yahoo! India Managing Director said: “Over 30 million Internet users consume 1.7 billion videos every month across India. With the increasing demand for online video, both consumers and content providers are looking for a trusted destination where quality content can be consumed in a piracy-free environment at their leisure”. I am off to watch Beja Fry 2 now…where are you headed to?