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List of websites with country access restrictions

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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 and Syria,^[1] Crimea Republic
166	SourceForge	Source code repository	English	Cuba, Iran, North Korea 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 and Iran^[5]^[6]	Some courses may be available for Iranians in the future.^[7]

Reactions[edit]

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[edit]

^ "Additional Terms: Google Project Hosting". Archived from the original on 2014-08-24.

^ "Clarifying SourceForge.net's denial of site access for certain persons in accordance with US law". 25 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-07-25.

^ "Sanctions Programs and Country Information". U.S. Department of the Treasury.

^ "Some good news: SourceForge removes blanket blocking". 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-10-10.

^ "Update on Course Accessibility for Students in Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-27.

^ "Why is my country blocked?". Archived from the original on 2014-07-17.

^ "Iran's students to have US online courses". BBC News. June 3, 2014.

^ "Notepad++ new site: notepad-plus-plus.org". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19.

^ RODRIGUEZ, ANDREA (May 30, 2009). "Cuba criticizes Microsoft blocking Messenger". The Sydney Morning Herald.

^ "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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