'We have to ask ourselves: Should government be allowed to censor the Internet?' he said. It gets people thinking about the larger world out there. 'For more information on Emirates Internet services, click here.'Įl Khoury and others who favor political and cultural liberalization in the Arab world see the lure of the sex sites as a good thing. 'Emirates Internet denies access to this site,' the page reads. A message pops up on the screen announcing that the site in question is on the 'Emirates Internet Control List.' The screen shows what looks like a large diamond-shaped stop sign reading, 'Blocked site,' flashing in English and Arabic.
The United Arab Emirates, like many other countries in the Arab world, block users from accessing such content - or at least try.įor example, if a visitor at the Abu Dhabi Hilton types in he encounters a stop sign.
