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Bahrain's ISPs Must Block Google Earth

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the seems-a-bit-hamfisted dept.

Bashar writes "A Bahraini newspaper reported today that Bahrain government, following the block of nude sites, have instructed all ISPs to block the Google Earth service, making them one of the few countries worldwide to block a major Google service that is used around the globe, and proving very effective. Here is the same news source, translated by Google to English."

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  1. Translate to English by neonprimetime · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good thing they translated it to english, or else I was screwed!

  2. Re:Censor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    According to this map, the world is flat.

  3. Re:Censor by Pulse_Instance · · Score: 3, Funny

    apparently the world is flat and repeating...

  4. They can relax; I know what they're worried about: by The_REAL_DZA · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're worried about someone using Google Earth to look right smack down on any nude beach in the world. They can relax; anyone who tried it would get massive headaches from the eyestrain because the resolution just isn't there. Not that I tried to do that or anything...

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  5. what's up with Bahrain? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They block web porn and Google Earth, but tolerate Michael Jackson? Oh yeah, I fogot he was acquitted...

  6. Re:They can relax; I know what they're worried abo by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unfortunately the only people on a nude beach large enough to see from a satellite are, well, large.

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  7. Re:Censoring FunLand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What they don't want you to see:
    http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&t=k&ll=26.234 451,50.599251&spn=0.003012,0.005032