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06-13-2014, 07:02 PM
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter Blocked in Iraq Amid Crisis
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As Iraq faces a growing insurgency in the **rth (http://mashable.com/2014/06/11/islamist-insurgents-seize-saddam-hometown/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) that is threatening to pull the country apart, the country's Ministry of Communications has reportedly blocked access to a number of social media sites.
Some Twitter users in Iraq, who have found ways to circumvent the restrictions (http://mashable.com/2014/03/20/how-to-tweet-from-turkey/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), are saying that Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are all inaccessible. When users attempt to visit these sites they apparently see a message from the Iraqi communications ministry
See also: NSA Tracks All Emails, Texts, Phone Calls in Iraq (http://mashable.com/2014/03/31/nsa-iraq/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The BBC's Richard Galpin confirmed (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27831508) that the sites appeared to be blocked in Baghdad. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/13/facebook-youtube-twitter-blocked-iraq/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Youtube (http://mashable.com/category/youtube/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Iraq (http://mashable.com/category/iraq/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Us World (http://mashable.com/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/w6qdEtbRX6c
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As Iraq faces a growing insurgency in the **rth (http://mashable.com/2014/06/11/islamist-insurgents-seize-saddam-hometown/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) that is threatening to pull the country apart, the country's Ministry of Communications has reportedly blocked access to a number of social media sites.
Some Twitter users in Iraq, who have found ways to circumvent the restrictions (http://mashable.com/2014/03/20/how-to-tweet-from-turkey/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), are saying that Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are all inaccessible. When users attempt to visit these sites they apparently see a message from the Iraqi communications ministry
See also: NSA Tracks All Emails, Texts, Phone Calls in Iraq (http://mashable.com/2014/03/31/nsa-iraq/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The BBC's Richard Galpin confirmed (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27831508) that the sites appeared to be blocked in Baghdad. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/13/facebook-youtube-twitter-blocked-iraq/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Youtube (http://mashable.com/category/youtube/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Iraq (http://mashable.com/category/iraq/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Us World (http://mashable.com/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/w6qdEtbRX6c