Youtube

[Al Khalifah]

Thats true you have just got to look at school internet, everything is blocked.

It doesn't get any better when you leave I'm afraid.
I worked for (major international investment bank) and tonnes of sites were blocked. Including the org.
True you're supposed to be doing work at work, but some technical forums and such were blocked that would've been a very useful source of information.

[FactionHeir]

I was able to access most sites from there just fine and last I was there was past summer (including the ORG).
The only things I found blocked were wikipedia, bbc news and some (not all) foreign political sites. Everything else connected just fine and fast.

I think the media is just bloating this issue up larger than it really is. There are local video sharing sites already, and with just youtube gone, that isn't too big of a change. Most people there enjoy watching their videos in Chinese anway rather than in English.

The blocking mainly affects those who don't know how to get around it. Use any proxy and you can access whatever site you want unless your proxy's country is blocking some websites as well.

[Louis VI the Fat]

It doesn't get any better when you leave I'm afraid.
I worked for (major international investment bank) and tonnes of sites were blocked. Including the org.
True you're supposed to be doing work at work, but some technical forums and such were blocked that would've been a very useful source of information.

True dat. Where I worked last summer they also kept a close watch on what employees were doing on their network computers. Really fast connection they had too, what a waste. After they layed me off I dowloaded tons of the smuttiest, most depraved pr0n, almost grinding their network to a screeching halt while at it.

Actually, erm...that could've been the other way round. Now that I think about it, the laying off bit probably came last.

[Shahed]

What I HATE is youtube's 10 min vid limit.