Because of Tibet, China Blocks YouTube - The New York Times

Google owns Youtube, and Google was blocked by the Chinese authorities for failure to comply with local legislation back in 2009, so by extension, YouTube was blocked as well. You might want to read on the background leading to Google’s decision to relocate to Hongkong: [ 1] China Blocks YouTube, Google Plays Dumb Mar 27, 2009 Ken Block’s Climbkhana TWO: 914hp Hoonitruck on China's

China Blocks YouTube, Google Tries to Reinstate Access On Monday, traffic from China to YouTube began dwindling until it dried up nearly completely today, due to a site-wide block of the popular

Youtube is not the only social media website blocked in China. Facebook was also blocked in 2009, along with Twitter, Picasa, Blogspot and Vimeo. As these social media websites are based in Western countries (mostly the United States), China cannot force them to filter content for Chinese users. YouTube was first blocked in China for over five months from October 16, 2007 to March 22, 2008. It was blocked again from March 24, 2009, although a Foreign Ministry spokesperson would neither confirm nor deny whether YouTube had been blocked. Since then, YouTube has been inaccessible from Mainland China. The majority of Western social networks are blocked in China, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and many others. In China, there are multiple local social networks, and the most popular one is currently WeChat.

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Mar 25, 2009 YouTube blocked in China - CNN.com Mar 25, 2009 How To Open YouTube when Blocked in Office | 11 Awesome ways. 3. Open YouTube using IP. Here’s another effective trick that lets you access YouTube even when it is blocked. Quite often, network admins block YouTube, but forget to block the IP address of that website. If that’s what your admin has done, then you can easily open YouTube by using its IP address.