Number 10: China
It's well known that the Chinese Communist Party and the Internet don't get along very well.
Ever since the internet made its way into China,
the Chinese Communist Party has heavily censored and regulated it
with their "Great Firewall of China".
The Great Firewall of China is a massive system of censorship
that blocks selected websites the government deems as counter-revolutionary
and filters results from internet searches initiated from computers in mainland China.
So unsurprisingly, China's government and YouTube aren't exactly on speaking terms.
YouTube was first blocked in China from October 2007,
to March 2008.
And it was again blocked in March 2009.
Even though a spokesman from China's Foreign Ministry would neither confirm nor deny
if YouTube had been blocked,
since then, YouTube is still not accessible from China.
Number 9: Iran
Iran's long relationship with blocking YouTube
started all the way back in December 2006,
when Iran blocked YouTube along with several other sites
after declaring them immoral.
The Iranian ban on YouTube
came after a video was posted online
that appeared to show an Iranian soap opera star having sex with her boyfriend.
The ban on YouTube was later lifted after the 2009 Iranian presidential election,
but again in 2012, Iran reinstated their YouTube ban
after the trailer for a controversial and low-budget film:
"The Innocence of Muslims", was released on YouTube.
And at the time of this video's release, YouTube remains blocked in Iran.
Number 8: The Islamic State
As of this video's release,
the self-proclaimed Islamic State officially restricts
the use of Internet within its borders.
All citizens of the Islamic State
are only permitted to access the internet in designated internet cafes
while being monitored by religious authorities.
Meaning videos like the one you're watching right now
are strictly off-limits.
Number 7: North Korea
Instead of heavily censoring the internet like China does,
North Korea decided that the internet as a whole
was too difficult to even attempt to control.
So they simply made their own internet
located exclusively within North Korea.
So as a result, YouTube, along with every other website in existence
is blocked within the DPRK's borders.
The censorship doesn't even stop there.
North Korea doesn't even trust western operating systems.
So North Korean computers run their own native operating system
known as the Red Star OS.
This operating system even has the red star of communism on the task bar,
instead of the Microsoft Windows logo.
So... good luck watching this video in North Korea.
Number 6: Syria
YouTube was banned in Syria until early 2011,
but as the Arab Spring struck Syria later that year,
and the country was torn apart, their ban on YouTube was reinstated
following the start of the Syrian Civil War in March 2011.
While the Syrian government maintains its ban on YouTube,
this ban only applies to the areas within Syria the Syrian government still controls,
and some inside the war-torn country are still able to access YouTube.
But as of the day this video was uploaded,
YouTube is still officially banned.
Number 5: Turkey
As of the release of this video,
YouTube is currently banned in Turkey.
In the future, while you are watching this video,
it's likely that YouTube will be unbanned at some point.
The following is a list of times YouTube has been banned in Turkey...
*sigh* Let's begin...
YouTube was banned in Turkey on September of 2007,
again in January of 2008,
once more in March of 2008,
also in April of 2008,
as well as May of 2008,
and June of 2008...
*sigh* and don't forget March of 2014...
...WILL YOU JUST MAKE UP YOUR MIND?!
...And finally, on the 6th of April 2015, YouTube was blocked again,
alongside Facebook and Twitter,
due to the widespread posting of a slain prosecutor during a hostage crisis.
The ban is still ongoing, but with Turkey's history
it'll probably be lifted and then reinstated another 20,000 times.
Number 4: Sudan
The Sudanese authorities blocked YouTube in April 2010,
following their presidential elections, and also blocked Google.
The block was in response to a YouTube video
showing election officials openly rigging the Sudanese presidential election with fake votes.
This is unsurprising because previously,
Sudan blocked YouTube temporarily in 2008 for unknown reasons.
And on September of 2012,
YouTube was banned again because YouTube did not remove a film called "The Innocence of Muslims".
Until the film is removed off of YouTube,
the site will remain blocked in Sudan.
Number 3: South Sudan
Even though Sudan and South Sudan don't exactly get along,
they can agree on one key issue:
Censorship of YouTube.
South Sudan has blocked YouTube for the exact same reasons as Sudan did.
The site still hosts the film "The Innocence of Muslims".
Until this film is entirely removed,
it's likely to remain blocked for the forseeable future.
Number 2: Eritrea
The government of Eritrea requires all internet service providers
to use state-controlled internet infrastructure.
Many websites managed by the Eritrean exiles are blocked,
as is the website you are now on, YouTube.
Authorities are believed to monitor e-mail communications,
even though internet usage in Eritrea is extremely limited.
In fact, just 0.8% of Eritrea's population were able to access the Internet in 2012.
Number 1: Pakistan
As of this video's release,
YouTube is still blocked in Pakistan.
YouTube has been blocked in Pakistan ever since September 2012,
over its hosting of "The Innocence of Muslims" movie
that sparked furious protests around the world.
And Pakistan's supreme court ruled that the site should be banned
until a way was found to block all blasphemous content.
So for now, YouTube will remain blocked in Pakistan for the forseeable future,
because Pakistani officials have realized there is really no way
to filter content deemed offensive and blasphemous on YouTube.
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