10 Countries That Have Blocked YouTube

 By 
Brian Koerber
 on 
10 Countries That Have Blocked YouTube
Credit: Jonas Bengtsson

Imagine life without your beloved YouTube.

Unfortunately for people in some countries, this scary scenario is an everyday reality.

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YouTube fun fact channel Alltime10's gives us an in-depth look at 10 countries that have prevented their citizens from accessing the video site. Countries have blocked the website for a variety of reasons, ranging from protecting the youth's health to copyright laws and web leaks of alleged corruption.

Today, 6 billion hours of video is watched by more than 1 billion unique visitors on YouTube each month. It has changed the world, and we don't know how we got along without it.

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