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Censorshipofvideo-sharingplatformYouTubeoccurs to varying degrees in many countries.

General

YouTube blocking occurs for a variety of reasons including:[1]

  • Preventing criticism of a ruler, government, government officials, religion, or religious leaders;
  • Preventing videos promotingracism;
  • Violations of national laws, including:
  • Preventing access to videos judged to beinappropriate for youth;
  • Businesses, schools, government agencies, and other private institutions often block social media sites, including YouTube, due to bandwidth limitations and the site's potential for distraction.[1]

In some countries YouTube is completely blocked, either through a long-term standing ban or for more limited periods of time such as during periods of unrest, the run-up to an election, or in response to upcoming political anniversaries. In other countries, access to the website as a whole remains open, but access to specific videos is blocked due to many reasons including orders from country jurisdiction. In both cases, aVPNis usually deployed to bypass geographical restrictions. In cases where the entire site is banned due to one particular video, YouTube will often agree to remove or limit access to that video in order to restore service.[1]

As of September 2012, countries with standing national bans on YouTube includeChina,Iran,andTurkmenistan.Due to disputes betweenGEMAand YouTube over royalties, many videos featuring copyrighted songs were inaccessible inGermany.After an agreement was made between the companies in November 2016, these videos became accessible.[2][3]

YouTube'sTerms of Serviceprohibit the posting of videos which violatecopyrightsor depict pornography, promoting racism, illegal acts, gratuitous violence, orhate speech.User-posted videos that violate such terms may be removed and replaced with a message stating: "This video is no longer available because its content violated YouTube's Terms of Service".[4][non-primary source needed]Additionally, Google reserves the right to terminate any account for any reason, even without notice.[5]

YouTube offers an opt-in feature known as "Restricted Mode", which filters videos that might contain mature content.[6]

Countries where access to YouTube is currently blocked

China

See also:Internet censorship in China

YouTube was first blocked inChinafor over five months from October 16, 2007[7]to March 22, 2008.[8]

It was blocked again from March 24, 2009, although aForeign Ministryspokesperson would neither confirm nor deny whether YouTube had been blocked.[9]Since then, YouTube has been inaccessible frommainland China.[10]However, YouTube can still be accessed fromHong Kong(via a local version),Macau(via a worldwide version), theShanghai Free-Trade Zone,specific hotels, and by using a VPN.[11]Since 2018, when the term "YouTube" is searched onBaidu,the following message is displayed: "According to local regulations and policies, some results cannot be shown."

Even though YouTube is blocked under theGreat Firewall,many Chinese media outlets, includingChina Central Television (CCTV),have official YouTube accounts. Despite the ban,Alexaranks YouTube as the 5th-most-visited website in China.[12]

Eritrea

Main article:Internet in Eritrea

YouTube has been intermittently blocked inEritreasince 2011 by some ISPs, although a spokesperson forFreedom Housespeculated this was due to bandwidth considerations.[13]

Iran

See also:Internet censorship in Iran
Iranian exhibition YouTube written on mockupJamarat

On December 3, 2006, Iran temporarily blocked access to YouTube and several other sites, after declaring them as violators of social and moral codes of conduct. The YouTube block came after a video was posted online that appeared to show an Iranian soap opera star having sex.[14]The block was later lifted and then reinstated afterIran's 2009 presidential election.[15]In 2012, Iran reblocked access, along with access to Google, after the controversial filmInnocence of Muslimstrailer was released on YouTube.[16]Some startups, television shows, celebrities, and reformist politicians such asKhatamiuse this website.

North Korea

See also:Censorship in North Korea § Internet policies

YouTube is blocked inNorth Koreabecause of the country's laws regarding the Internet and its accessibility. The North Korean government has warned that anyone who tries to access it is subject to punishment.[17]

Turkmenistan

On December 25, 2009, for security reasons, YouTube was blocked inTurkmenistanby the onlyISPin the country,Turkmentelecom.Other websites, such asLiveJournalwere also blocked.[18]

Countries where access to YouTube was formerly blocked

Afghanistan

On September 12, 2012, YouTube was blocked in Afghanistan due to hosting the trailer to the controversial film aboutMuhammad,Innocence of Muslims,which the authorities considered to be blasphemous.[19]YouTube was later unblocked in Afghanistan on December 1 of the same year.[20]

Armenia

Following thedisputed February 2008 presidential elections,theArmenian governmentblocked Internet users' access to YouTube for a month. TheArmenianopposition had used the website to publicize video of allegedpolice brutalityagainst anti-government protesters.[21][22]

Bangladesh

In March 2009, YouTube was blocked inBangladeshafter a recording of an alleged meeting between theprime ministerand army officers was posted revealing anger by the military on how the government was handling a mutiny by border guards inDhaka.[23]The block was lifted on March 21.[24]

On September 17, 2012, YouTube was banned for the second time following the controversies regarding the promotional videos forInnocence of Muslims.[25]On June 5, 2013, theBangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commissionlifted the ban.[26]

On August 2, 2024, YouTube, along withWhatsApp,InstagramandTikTokwas blocked in Bangladesh due toquota reform protests.[27]

Brazil

In January 2007, YouTube was sued byBrazilianmodel andMTVVJDaniella Cicarelli(the ex-fiancée of football playerRonaldo) and her boyfriend due to the fact that the website hosted a video recorded bypaparazziin which she and her boyfriend were having sexual intercourse on aSpanishbeach;the video did not contain explicit content. The lawsuit asked that YouTube will be blocked in Brazil until all copies of the video were removed. On Saturday, January 6, 2007, a legal injunction ordered that filters be put in place to prevent users in Brazil from accessing the website.[28]

The effectiveness of the measure was questioned, since the video was available not only on YouTube, but also on other sites as part of anInternet phenomenon.On Tuesday, January 9, 2007, the same court overturned its previous decision, allowing the filters to be removed. The video footage itself remained banned and was to be removed from the website.[29]

In June 2007, a judge ordered Cicarelli and her boyfriend to pay all court and lawyer costs, as well asR$10,000 (roughlyUS$3,203) to the three defendants—YouTube,Globo,andiG,citing a lack of good faith in pushing the privacy case when their actions took place in public.[30]

Finland

On November 30, 2017, most YouTube videos containing music seemed to be blocked by Finnish nonprofit performance rights organizationTeostoin Finland. According to them,Googleblocked the videos because they did not have an agreement to show music videos inFinland.According toTeosto,they and Google have made a temporary agreement to show the videos in the morning of November 30. The music videos started to return to YouTube in Finland later that day.[31][32]

Germany

Blocking of YouTube videos in 2009 until 2016
Main article:Blocking of YouTube videos in Germany

The blocking of YouTube videos in Germany on copyright grounds was part of a dispute between YouTube and theGesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte(Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights –GEMA), a performance rights organization in Germany.

According to a German court in Hamburg,Google's subsidiary YouTube can be held liable for damages when it hosts copyrighted videos without the copyright holder's permission.[33]As a result, music videos formajor labelartists on YouTube, as well as many videos containing background music, were unavailable in Germany since the end of March 2009 after the previous agreement had expired and negotiations for a new license agreement were stopped. On October 31, 2016, YouTube and GEMA reached an agreement over royalties, ending a seven-year-long battle of blocking music videos in Germany.[34]

Live streaming in 2016

On November 23, 2016,[35][36]the GermanKommission für Zulassung und Aufsicht(Commission for Authorization and Supervision), which is formed by representatives ofGerman public broadcaststations, requiredPietSmiet & Co.,a Germanlet's-playeroperating his own YouTube channel to get a Germanbroadcast licenseby April 30, 2017,[37]or else be regarded as an illegalpirate radiobroadcaster forlivestreaming,even when noradio spectrumuse is included. Some YouTubers, even non profit, might fail at the expensive fee for applying a license.[38]On April 30, 2017, the livestreaming channelPietSmietTVwent offline. The channelPietSmietremained online due not providing 24/7 streaming. The channel was mentioned in a requirement of a license.[39]

Pending parliamentary resolution in 2019

The Article 17 of theDirective on Copyright in the Digital Single Marketis feared and criticized as censorship, mandatory for all countries of theEuropean Unionwithin two years if adopted.[40][41][42]

Indonesia

On April 1, 2008,Indonesianinformation ministerMohammad Nuhasked YouTube to removeFitna,a controversial film made by Dutch right-wing politicianGeert Wilders.The government allowed two days for the removal of the video or YouTube would be blocked in the country.[43]On April 4, following YouTube's failure to remove the video, Nuh asked allInternet service providersto block access to YouTube.[44]On April 5, YouTube was briefly blocked for testing by one ISP.[45]On April 8, YouTube, along withMySpace,Metacafe,RapidShare,Multiply,LiveLeak,andFitna's official site, were blocked in Indonesia on all ISPs.[46]The blocking of YouTube was subsequently lifted on April 10.[47]

Libya

On January 24, 2010,Libyapermanently blocked YouTube after it featured videos of demonstrations in the Libyan city ofBenghaziby families of detainees who were killed inAbu Salim prisonin 1996, as well as videos of family members of Libyan leaderMuammar Gaddafiat parties.[48]The ban was condemned byHuman Rights Watch.[49]In November 2011, after theLibyan Civil War,YouTube was once again allowed in Libya,[50]but did not launch a local version of the site until early 2015.

Malaysia

In May 2013, videos critical of the Malaysian government were blocked from YouTube in Malaysia despite the government's promises not to censor the internet. Analysis of the network traffic shows that the ISPs were scanning the headers of the users and actively blocking requests to the YouTube video according to the video key.[51][52]

Morocco

On May 25, 2007, the state-ownedMaroc TelecomISP blocked all access to YouTube.[53]Officially, no reasons were given as to why YouTube was blocked, but speculations were that it may have been due to videos posted by the pro-separatistPolisario,Western Sahara's independence movement, or due to videos criticizing KingMohammed VI.The ban did not affect the other two ISPs in the country,Wana(now Inwi) andMéditel(now Orange Maroc). The blocking of YouTube on Maroc Telecom was lifted on May 30, 2007, after Maroc Telecom unofficially announced that the denied access to the website was a mere "technical glitch".[54]

Pakistan

Main article:Internet censorship in Pakistan § Social media and platform blocking

In February 2008, the Pakistani Telecommunications Authority (PTA) blocked access to YouTube on Pakistani ISPs, allegedly because of "blasphemous" videos of Dutch politicianGeert Wilders(especially Fitna). However, the PTA's block inadvertently knocked out access to YouTube worldwide for two hours on February 25, 2008.[55]Pakistan Telecom had broadcast to other ISPs in the Pacific Rim the false claim that it was the correct route for the addresses in YouTube'sIPspace.[56]It was suggested by some Pakistani websites, blogs, and by electoral process watchdog groups at the time that the block was imposed largely to distract viewers from videos alleging vote-rigging by the rulingMQMparty in the February 2008 general elections.[57][58]Allegations of suppressing vote-rigging videos by theMusharrafadministration were also leveled by Pakistani bloggers, newspapers, media, and Pakistani anti-Musharraf opposition parties.[59]YouTube was unblocked on February 27, 2008, after the allegedly blasphemous videos were removed.[60]

On May 20, 2010, which wasEverybody Draw Mohammed Day,Pakistan again blocked the website in a bid to contain "blasphemous" material.[61]The ban was lifted on May 27, 2010, after the website removed the objectionable content from its servers at the request of the government. However, individual videos deemed offensive to Muslims that are posted on YouTube will continue to be blocked.[62][63]

On September 17, 2012, thePakistan Telecommunication Authority(PTA) ordered access to YouTube blocked, after the website failed to remove the trailer of the controversialInnocence of Muslims,and eventually resulting in a ban due to YouTube's noncompliance.[64]

Bytes for All, a Pakistani non-profit organization, filed a constitutional challenge to the ban through their counselYasser Latif Hamdaniin the Lahore High Court. This is an ongoing case and is commonly known as theYouTube case.[65]

On December 11, 2013, it was announced by thePakistan Telecommunication Authoritythat they had convinced Google's management to offer a local version of YouTube to Pakistan at youtube.com.pk, as it would be easy for the local authorities to remove "objectionable" material from a local version compared to the global version of YouTube. However, it would only be offered after the Pakistani government fulfilled some undisclosed requirements.[66]

On April 21, 2014, Pakistan's Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights approved a resolution to lift the ban on YouTube.[67]

On May 6, 2014, the National Assembly unanimously adopted a non-binding resolution to lift the ban,[68]but as of August 2, 2014 it was still in effect.[69][needs update]The ban was lifted due to a technical glitch on December 6, 2015, according to ISPs in Pakistan.[70]

As of January 18, 2016, the ban has been officially lifted, as YouTube has launched a local version of the site for Pakistan. The Pakistani government was allowed to request that certain content on YouTube would be taken down.[71]

On November 25, 2017, theNetBlocksinternet measurement platform andDigital Rights Foundationcollected evidence of nationwide blocking of YouTube alongside other social media services, imposed by the government in response to the violentTehreek-e-Labaik protests.[72][73][74]The technical investigation found that many, but not all, major Pakistani fixed-line and mobile service providers implemented the YouTube restriction which was lifted by the PTA the following day when protests abated after the resignation of Minister for Law and JusticeZahid Hamid.[75]

Russia

See also:Internet censorship in Russia

The video claiming responsibility for the2010 Moscow Metro bombings,which quickly gained 800,000 views in four days, was removed, along with all videos ofDokka Umarov.Additionally, it turned out that over 300 videos from theKavkaz Centerwere removed for having "inappropriate content." Russia was claimed to have pressured YouTube to take such measures.[76]

On July 28, 2010, a court in the city ofKomsomolsk-on-Amurordered a local ISP to block access to youtube.com, web.archive.org, and several other websites offering books for downloads, citing extremist materials as the reason.[77]The order was not enforced and was later reversed.[78]

On September 4, 2017,Roskomnadzorannounced their intention to delete a video released by a popular YouTube channel Nemagia in which bloggers Alexey Pskovitin and Mikhail Pecherskiy described unscrupulous business strategies byTinkoff Bank.[79]

In February 2019, as a result of a complaint received by Roskomnadzor, YouTube has demanded that the Ukrainian Centre for Journalist Investigations remove a video aboutEmir-Usein Kuku,a Crimean Tatar 'human rights defender' who has been arrested by Russian authorities in 2016.[80]

In September 2021, YouTube blocked two German-language channels run by a Russian state-backed media companyRTstating they spread misinformation aboutCOVID-19 vaccines.In return, Roskomnadzor threatened to block the service in the country or fine Google unless the restrictions are lifted.[81]

In March 2022, YouTube started showing its users ads with calls to disable Russian railroad communications. As a result, Roskomnadzor contacted Google and demanded the company to stop the threats against Russia.[82]YouTube also blocks Russian state-funded propaganda channels.[83]

In mid 2024, users in Russia started experiencing a significant slowdown in video loading speeds from 40% to 70%.Alexander Khinshtein,head of the State Duma’s Committee on Information Policy, announced on Telegram that the planned "degradation" of YouTube speeds, he also encouraged people to comply with Russian's policy on platform.[84][85]But later, he switch to blame the slowdown on Google’s failure to invest in Russian infrastructure, such as its local cache servers.[86]

From August 1, including YouTube mobile platforms, which was initially not affected by speed drop, is also unable to use due to informally blockade, but with specific browsers (i.e. Domestic-madeYandex browser), high quality videos might still be accessible in Russia.[87]On August 8, media interviewed many of the country's users, said YouTube can not function properly without a VPN.[88][89][90]Google also shut offAdSenseto all Russian citizens a week later.[91]

South Korea

At the request of the South Korean government, Google removed about 54,000 pieces of content.[92]Additionally, government-critical videos that are difficult to delete were suppressed by making them recommended to the area that has nothing to do with the video.[93]

Sudan

TheSudaneseauthorities blocked YouTube on April 21, 2010, following the2010 presidential election,and also blocked YouTube's ownerGoogle.The block was in response to a YouTube video appearing to show National Electoral Commission workers in official uniforms and a child in the Hamashkoreib region filling out voting strips and putting them into ballot boxes, with one of them expressing relief that the voting period had been extended for them to finish their work. Sudan had previously blocked YouTube temporarily in 2008 for unknown reasons.[94]

On September 17, 2012, YouTube was banned again by National Telecommunication Corporation for not removingInnocence of Muslims,a controversialanti-Islamicfilm. However, the block was later lifted.[95]

Syria

See also:Internet censorship in Syria

In multiple instances YouTube access was blocked in Syria by the Syrian government and blackouts caused by theSyrian civil war.

YouTube has been blocked since August 2007 after videos were circulated denouncing the crackdown on the Kurd minority. In February 2011 Syria lifted their block of YouTube and other social media services.[96][97]

Tajikistan

In July 2012, the Tajik authorities blocked YouTube in response to uploaded videos showing protests against militant clashes.[98][99]In the same year, the Tajik government blocked the website again, this time because of videos depicting the presidentEmomali Rakhmonwhich were deemed to be offensive to the government.[100]

In 2013,Tajikistanblocked YouTube for a third time because of a video which depicts President Rakhmon dancing and singing out of tune at his son's wedding party in 2007.[101]

On June 9, 2014, YouTube briefly became inaccessible for an unknown reason. Beg Zuhurov, chief of Tajikistan's State Communications Service, claimed that this was due to "technical problems".[102]

On August 25, 2015, YouTube was once again blocked by certain ISPs following an order from the State Communications Service.[103]The block was not lifted until mid-2017.[104]

On May 23, 2019, after the President of Tajikistan criticized the internet for "bolstering terrorism", Tajik authorities extended the blockages of all Google resources, including YouTube. However, the ban was later lifted.[105]

Thailand

See also:Bhumibol Adulyadej § Internet blocking measures

In 2006, Thailand blocked access to YouTube for users with Thai IP addresses. Thai authorities identified 20 offensive videos and demanded that Google remove them before it would allow unblocking of all YouTube content.[106]

During the week of March 8, 2007, YouTube was blocked inThailand.[107]Although no official explanation was given for the ban, many bloggers believed the reason for the blocking was a video of former Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra's speech onCNN.YouTube was unblocked on March 10, 2007.

On the night of April 3, 2007, YouTube was again blocked in Thailand.[108]The government cited a video on the site that it called "insulting" to KingBhumibol Adulyadej.[109][110]However, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology said that it would unblock YouTube in a few days, after websites containing references to this video are blocked as opposed to the entire website.[111]Communications MinisterSitthichai Pokai-udomsaid, "When they decide to withdraw the clip, we will withdraw the ban."[112]Shortly after this incident the Internet technology blogMashablewas blocked from Thailand over the reporting of the YouTube clips in question.[113]YouTube was unblocked on August 30, 2007, after YouTube reportedly agreed to block videos deemed offensive by Thai authorities.[114]

On September 21, 2007, Thai authorities announced they were seeking a court order to block videos that had appeared on YouTube accusing Privy Council presidentPrem Tinsulanondaof attempting to manipulate the royal succession to make himself Thailand's king.[115]

Tunisia

YouTube was blocked in Tunisia for several years before the 2011Tunisian Revolution.[116][117][118]

Turkey

This error message was shown when attempting to access YouTube in Turkey between May 5, 2008, to October 30, 2010. It translates to: The decision of the Ankara 1st Criminal Court of Peace on this website (youtube.com) within the scope of the PROTECTION MEASURE dated 05.05.2008 and numbered 2008/402 is implemented by the Directorate of Telecommunication Communication.

Turkish courts have ordered blocks on access to the YouTube website.[119]This first occurred whenTürk Telekomblocked the site in compliance with decision 2007/384 issued by the Istanbul 1st Criminal Court of Peace (Sulh Ceza Mahkeme) on March 6, 2007. The court decision was based on videos insultingMustafa Kemal Atatürkin an escalation of what the Turkish media referred to as a "virtual war" of insults betweenGreek,Armenian,andTurkishYouTube members.[106][120][121][122]YouTube was sued for "insulting Turkishness"[123]and access to the site was suspended pending the removal of the video. YouTube lawyers sent proof of the video's removal to theIstanbulpublic prosecutor and access was restored on March 9, 2007.[124]However, other videos similarly deemed insulting were repeatedly posted, and several staggered bans followed, issued by different courts:

  • the Sivas 2nd Criminal Court of Peace on September 18, 2007, and again (by decision 2008/11) on January 16, 2008;
  • the Ankara 12th Criminal Court of Peace on January 17, 2008 (decision 2008/55);[125]
  • the Ankara 1st Criminal Court of Peace on March 12, 2008 (decision 2008/251);
  • the Ankara 11th Criminal Court of Peace on April 24, 2008 (decision 2008/468).
  • the Ankara 5th Criminal Court of Peace on April 30, 2008 (decision 2008/599);
  • again, the Ankara 1st Criminal Court of Peace on May 5, 2008 (decision 2008/402);
  • again, the Ankara 11th Criminal Court of Peace on June 6, 2008 (decision 2008/624).
  • again, based on "administrative measures" without court order following corruption scandal, relating several governmental officials including Prime Minister Erdoğan on March 27, 2014,

The block in accordance with court decision 2008/468 of the Ankara 11th Criminal Court of Peace issued on April 24, 2008, which cited that YouTube had not acquired a certificate of authorization in Turkey, was not implemented by Türk Telekom until May 5, 2008.

Although YouTube was officially banned in Turkey, the website was still accessible by modifying connection parameters to use alternativeDNSservers, and it was the eighth most popular website in Turkey according toAlexarecords.[126]Responding to criticisms of the courts' bans, in November 2008 the Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğanstated "I do access the site. Go ahead and do the same."[127]

In June 2010, PresidentAbdullah Gülused hisTwitteraccount to express disapproval of the country's blocking of YouTube, which also affected access from Turkey to many Google services. Gül said he had instructed officials to find legal ways of allowing access.[128]

Turkey lifted the ban on October 30, 2010.[129]In November 2010, a video of the Turkish politicianDeniz Baykalcaused the site to be blocked again briefly, and the site was threatened with a new shutdown if it did not remove the video.[130][131]

On March 27, 2014, Turkey banned YouTube again. This time, they did so many hours after a video was posted there claiming to depict Turkey's foreign minister, spy chief, and a top general discussing scenarios that could lead to their country's military attacking jihadist militants inSyria.[132]The ban was ordered to be lifted by a series of court rulings, starting April 9, 2014, but Turkey defied the court orders and kept access to YouTube blocked.[133][134]On May 29 theConstitutional Court of Turkeyruled that the block violated the constitutional right to freedom of expression and ordered that YouTube access be restored.[135]

As of the morning of June 1, 2014, access to YouTube remained blocked in Turkey.[136]

On April 6, 2015, YouTube was again briefly blocked, alongside Facebook and Twitter, due to the widespread posting of footage of a prosecutor killed during a hostage crisis.[137]

On December 23, 2016, YouTube again became briefly inaccessible in Turkey according to reports validated by internet monitoring groupTurkey Blocksafter footage that allegedly showed the immolation of Turkish soldiers by jihadists was shared on the site.[138][139]

On July 1, 2020, in a statement made to his party members, Erdoğan announced that the government would introduce new measures and regulations to control or shut down social media platforms such asYouTube,TwitterandNetflix.Through these new measures, each company would be required to appoint an official representative in the country to respond to legal concerns. The decision comes after a number of Twitter users insulted his daughterEsraafter she welcomed her fourth child.[140]

United Arab Emirates

TheUAE's Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) briefly blocked YouTube from August to October 2006 due to increasing concerns regarding the presence of adult content in the website. According to the TRA, the block was done due to YouTube not categorizing and separating adult pornographic content from normal content.[141][142]

United States

On September 28, 2024, songs by several artists became unplayable onYouTubein the United States due to a legal dispute between YouTube andSESAC.[143]For some affected artists, only certain songs were blocked, while others were available.[144]Some artists who are not represented by SESAC, such asBeyoncéandNicki Minaj,had some of their videos pulled from Youtube due to the song being a collaboration with a songwriter or musician that is represented by SESAC.[145]On September 30, YouTube announced that they had reached a deal with SESAC to unblock the affected videos.[146]

Uzbekistan

YouTube access inUzbekistanwas heavily censored for unknown reasons on October 9, 2018.[147][148]

Venezuela

See also:Censorship and media control during the Venezuelan presidential crisis
NetBlocksshowing blocks ofInstagram,TwitterandYouTubeon January 21, 2019

During theVenezuelan presidential crisisof 2019, YouTube has been heavily censored regularly by Venezuela's state-owned internet service provider,CANTV.The blocking of YouTube and social media websites by the Venezuelan government were intended to suppress information relating toJuan Guaidóand the pro-oppositionNational Assembly.This mainly affects the access of streaming platforms likePeriscope,YouTube,Bing,and other Google services.[149][150][151][152][153]

On January 21, 2019, the day of aBolivarian National Guardrebellion in the Cotiza neighborhood ofCaracas,internet access to some social media websites, includingYouTubewas reported to be blocked for CANTV users. The Venezuelan government denied it had engaged in blocking.[154]

During theVenezuela Aid Liveconcert on February 22, access to YouTube was blocked for CANTV users during the concert,[155]alongsideNational GeographicandAntena 3that were removed from cable and satellite TV for broadcasting the concert.[156]Guaidó speech during the February 23entry of the humanitarian aid,YouTube was blocked.[157]

The longest block of YouTube to date started during a National Assembly session on March 6, lasting 20 hours.[158][159]

The YouTube live stream of the press conference of US Secretary of StateMike Pompeoand Colombian PresidentIván Duque Márquezon April 15, 2019, was disrupted for CANTV users.[160]

The YouTube restrictions returned with the return of the protests on November 16.[161]

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