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“No Flickr In UAE” « A Flying Visit To Abu Dhabi

Surprisingly Flickr was blocked - I wonder what they did to offend the United Arab Emirates.

2 Comments on “No Flickr In UAE”

Ali said on
September 17th, 2008 at 23:21 | Edit

Some websites get Blocked by our Internet Provider ( Ecompany.net )
not because it offends the country but for having Adult videos or photos , Adult Advrtz, or the site has been Reported by many users

and many many more

:) makes internet more safe

we love it

hope u enjoyed ur visit to AUH , things changed and Many lovely places

new Beach and so on , http://www.abudhabi.com or .ae

i advice u 2 see Dubai also , they have train service now !!

PEACE
Arabian Hero

John Conners said on
September 18th, 2008 at 10:30 | Edit

I hardly think that blocking an entire site such as Flickr because it may contain the odd dodgy video makes the internet more safe - it’s a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face!

I certainly enjoyed myself - although a couple of days wasn’t enough!

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