YouTube was later unblocked in Afghanistan on December 1, 2012. On September 12, 2012, YouTube was blocked in Afghanistan due to hosting the trailer to the controversial film about Muhammad, Innocence of Muslims, which the authorities considered to be blasphemous. Countries where access to YouTube had been blocked before Afghanistan YouTube offers an opt-in feature known as "Restricted Mode", which filters videos that might contain mature content. Additionally, Google reserves the right to terminate any account for any reason, with or without notice. 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". YouTube's Terms of Service prohibit the posting of videos which violate copyrights or depict pornography, promoting racism, illegal acts, gratuitous violence, or hate speech. After an agreement was made between the companies in November 2016, these videos became accessible. Due to disputes between GEMA and YouTube over royalties, many videos featuring copyrighted songs were inaccessible in Germany. Īs of September 2012, countries with standing national bans on YouTube include China, Iran, Syria, and Turkmenistan.
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. In both cases, a VPN is usually deployed to bypass geographical restrictions. 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 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.
Violations of hate speech, ethics, or morality-based laws.Copyright and intellectual property protection laws.Violations of national laws, including:.Preventing criticism of a ruler, government, government officials, religion, or religious leaders.YouTube blocking occurs for a variety of reasons including: 3.1 China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau).
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