Saudi Arabia censors a wide range of media, including books, newspapers, magazines, films, television, and Internet content. The blocking of VoIP is a controversial topic in UAE, with many citizens asking for the block of the technology to be removed. The block is attributed to the potential loss of revenues that operators such as Du and Etisalat would face as a result of reduced demand for their own telecom services. UAE-based telecom operators offer paid VoIP service through their applications BOTIM and C’Me. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) blocked Skype in January 2018, explaining that the service is not licensed. VoIP technology used by various apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Viber and Snapchat are inoperative. In the United Arab Emirates, unlicensed VoIP services are blocked. The Ministry of Public Security reported that a number of voice over internet protocol apps do not comply with local laws and has since removed Skype from the app store in China, though it is not widely used by domestic consumers.
China ĭisruption to Skype began in October 2017. In March 2020, Skype was unblocked following the coronavirus pandemic. Skype was blocked in Oman for several years as well as others voice calling services. Morocco has boycott Skype as a part of the North African country's telecommunication operators that implemented the ban. Thus, Uzbekistan government formally issued a statement saying it blocked several of them including Skype, TikTok, Twitter.Īfter the complaint from Bangladesh Awami League about using Skype for election interview process by the opposition party of Bangladesh, The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has blocked the telecommunications application. Censorship by country Uzbekistan Īfter issuance of the new amendment (Article 27.1) to the Personal Data Law on January 14, 2021, Uzbekistan government started demanding foreign agencies to store its citizens' data on Uzbekistan soil.
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