tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post1571114480535485860..comments2024-03-28T22:59:15.275+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: YouTube + youth = "bad influence"secretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-67013118578827737042009-04-05T11:34:00.000+04:002009-04-05T11:34:00.000+04:00didn't LT. G. Dhahi Khalfan announce on public rad...didn't LT. G. Dhahi Khalfan announce on public radio couple of weeks ago that youtube shows women putting penises in their mouths?<BR/><BR/>been scouring the site for such videos since but nothing comes up (no pun intended).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-41079434247449518242009-04-05T09:44:00.000+04:002009-04-05T09:44:00.000+04:00I'd say this again: "...god forbid parents have a ...I'd say this again: "...god forbid parents have a hand in 'protecting' their kids."bwana_daoudihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716133261924958523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-25901160455629875222009-04-04T20:50:00.000+04:002009-04-04T20:50:00.000+04:00often its the lock on the door that attracts the t...<I>often its the lock on the door that attracts the thief more than the loot..</I><BR/><BR/>awesome saying. similar on the lines of "the best way to get something popular/read/noticed is by banning it."Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01267643422775549142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-80881990407483638522009-04-04T13:29:00.000+04:002009-04-04T13:29:00.000+04:00I'm pretty sure google is already working on a cou...I'm pretty sure google is already working on a country per country blacklist if they don't have it already. If they don't do it for the UAE (they do have an office here) they'll do it for China, or the UK or Australia or any other country who going down the ban first think later road... For once you can't blame the UAE for following the example of pretty much the rest of the world.<BR/><BR/>it makes me sad anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-11757359655964667852009-04-04T12:19:00.000+04:002009-04-04T12:19:00.000+04:00i think its a shame..often its the lock on the doo...i think its a shame..<BR/><BR/>often its the lock on the door that attracts the thief more than the loot..Lirunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165940866092660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-74746368820782588852009-04-04T09:04:00.000+04:002009-04-04T09:04:00.000+04:00Lt General Dahi doesn't have the best track record...Lt General Dahi doesn't have the best track record on this kind of thing....<BR/>I remember last year he was saying that interactive TV channels were the biggest threat to the UAE's national security. <BR/>Maybe someone less technophobic could be appointed to oversee Internet stuff?<BR/><BR/>What will probably happen is that UAE blocks it anyway; Google doesn't make enough money from us unsignificant people to change anything.Matt in Dubaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546375895001586171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-29732304657152040252009-04-04T03:25:00.000+04:002009-04-04T03:25:00.000+04:00Yeah. Because god forbid parents have a hand in 'p...Yeah. Because god forbid parents have a hand in 'protecting' their kids.Ramihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961779333573843463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-11676888100956132362009-04-04T01:35:00.000+04:002009-04-04T01:35:00.000+04:00It's really a shame for Dubai that someone that cl...It's really a shame for Dubai that someone that clearly doesn't know what he is talking about is in a position where people take what he's implying seriously.<BR/><BR/>The best way backwards is by appointing uneducated people to positions that should take the country forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-6677651656833252532009-04-03T22:25:00.000+04:002009-04-03T22:25:00.000+04:00PE is right. youtube has a policy for videos by c...PE is right. youtube has a policy for videos by commercial companies, mainly music and films, where the firms can choose to limit who views what by country. i think it's more for copyrights rather than censorship. <BR/><BR/>but perhaps the same technology and concept can be applied for the UAE.<BR/><BR/>I'm fine with blocking offensive videos, but blocking the entire youtube would be silly. it's like punishing the majority of people who use youtube for good things for the few morons who think their home-made porn and snuff films are cool to put up for everyone to see.Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01267643422775549142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-77644504759654315942009-04-03T22:13:00.000+04:002009-04-03T22:13:00.000+04:00I think that has to do more with copyrights than c...I think that has to do more with copyrights than censorship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-8037639223044753182009-04-03T20:59:00.000+04:002009-04-03T20:59:00.000+04:00Actually they did. Didn't you get at youtube a mes...Actually they did. Didn't you get at youtube a message saying "This video is not available in your country"Proud Emiratihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826171312206826903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-38936147274807159412009-04-03T16:09:00.000+04:002009-04-03T16:09:00.000+04:00No, they wont change how Youtube is operated. They...No, they wont change how Youtube is operated. They might however be able to come to some resolution that will allow Youtube to be viewed and have Dubai police happy.<BR/><BR/>If not, it'll just get blocked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-34902974830515784292009-04-03T15:30:00.000+04:002009-04-03T15:30:00.000+04:00Left and right hand do seem to have problems here:...Left and right hand do seem to have problems here:<BR/>"Apple iTunes opens line to Skype"<BR/>http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090402/BUSINESS/980933744/1005<BR/><BR/>A bit like the local newspaper, today, that captioned a photo from G20 "King Abdullah", when it was his Foreign Minister. (I write FM as not to sure whether he is:<BR/>a)Brother;<BR/>b)Half-Brother.)Rupert Neil Bumfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460239805603476978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-60246551828344146642009-04-03T15:08:00.000+04:002009-04-03T15:08:00.000+04:00Does anyone think Google might offer a version for...Does anyone think Google might offer a version for the UAE that is different than the rest of the world's?Jamesnoreply@blogger.com