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    4/1/2016

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    North Korea blocks access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube


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    In news that is not April 1-related, North Korea has this week begun to block access to
    Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and otherwebsites in the country.
    The AP, which has a bureau in North Korean capital Pyongyang, reports that the
    government namedYouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Voice of America, a number of South
    Korean websites, porn and gambling websites on a list of Internet sites that will be
    blockedfor a certain period of time.Theannouncement reportedly added that anyone
    trying to access the sitesin an improper way or distribute anti-republic datawould be
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    punished, although it did not specifyhow.


    North Korea is hardly a place for mainstream Internet access the country has a reported
    2million mobile phone users but Internet access is reserved for government ocials or
    other high-level positions but this is a further step to shut thecountry off and restrict
    access to information.
    North Koreas sole mobile operator, Koryolink, enabled mobile internet access for visitors
    in 2013 and bar some apparent shutdowns and the occasional issue with Instagram
    thathas helped bring images and informationfrom the worlds most isolated country to
    wider audiences.
    That move was seen as a potential step to opening North Korea up and perhaps even
    enabling increased Internet access among natives, butblocking off thesewebsites runs
    counter to that. Instagram, whichincludes a number ofaccounts that share fascinating
    images from North Korea, remains accessiblefor now.
    Weve contacted Twitter, Facebook and Google for conrmation and comment.
    FEATURED IMAGE: KATHERINE WELLES/SHUTTERSTOCK

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