List of websites with country access restrictions

This is a list of websites with country access restrictions.

Alexa Rank Website Category Primary language Affected countries Notes
? Google Code Source code repository English Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria,[1] Crimea Republic
166 SourceForge Source code repository English Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan 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 Coursera Online education English Cuba, Iran and Sudan[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]

References

  1. ↑ "Additional Terms: Google Project Hosting". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  2. ↑ "Clarifying SourceForge.net's denial of site access for certain persons in accordance with US law". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  3. ↑ "Executive Order 13685" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Some good news: SourceForge removes blanket blocking". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  5. ↑ "Update on Course Accessibility for Students in Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  6. ↑ "Why is my country blocked?". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  7. ↑ "Iran's students to have US online courses".
  8. ↑ "Notepad++ new site: notepad-plus-plus.org". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
  9. ↑ "Cuba criticizes Microsoft blocking Messenger".
  10. ↑ "We're not blocking anyone: EdX still educating students from Iran, Syria, Sudan and Cuba". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27.
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