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North Korea Officially Blocks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (mashable.com)

Posted by msmash on from the closed-silos dept.

An anonymous reader links to an Associated Press report: North Korea has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announcement was posted this week at the country's main mobile service provider, Koryolink, and other places serving Internet users. Very few North Koreans have Internet access. Typically they can see only a sealed-off, government-sanctioned intranet. But foreigners had previously been able to surf the Web with almost no overt restrictions, though most likely with behind-the-scenes monitoring of their Internet activities.

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  1. awww, they picked the best ones by turkeydance · · Score: 2

    to block. just like my wife's office job.

    1. Re:awww, they picked the best ones by pr0fessor · · Score: 2

      My wife manages a convenience store and has that problem with employees that bring their cell phones to work... she will make them watch themselves play on their phone on security recording in fast forward before firing them. Really, 4-6 hours out of 8 hour shift spent on snap chat and facebook and you think no one would notice?

      We once had a woman that was trying to do web design on the side and was working on her client's websites while in the office for 3-4 hours a day.

  2. They didn't before? by NotDrWho · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bad news for the 10 people there with internet then, I guess.

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    1. Re:They didn't before? by Flavianoep · · Score: 5, Funny

      Kim has a brother, two sisters and a wife, so there is internet access for at least 101 people.

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  3. Re:But how will they see cat videos? by jfdavis668 · · Score: 2

    /. needs a "like" button

  4. Re:Two part strategy to deny access to USA website by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 2

    Second part is to not provide internet access in the first place (at least to the non-elite).

    In the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, Second Step happens first!

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  5. Kim hates being last with memes by swb · · Score: 2

    I'm sure Kim just hated being last with memes. He's walking around with his iPad and showing some meme to his minions and he's like "This one is awesome!!111" and everyone's like "yeah, I saw it last week when your sister showed it to me."

  6. Re:Sure it's not just for today? by ItsJustAPseudonym · · Score: 2

    At least they still have Shell Beach.