When I was in Dubai I wanted to upload some pictures to my Flickr account, so people back home could follow my adventures. But I was really surprised to find out that the site was blockeddue to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates‘.

Flickr blocked

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