Social networking sites could be in for ban in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after its government decided to block Orkut.com following reports that the site contains sexually explicit material and is being used for immoral activities.
ArabianBusiness.com reports that the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the UAE issued a formal letter to its Internet service providers to block the site after receiving complaints about objectionable materials.
UAE recently lifted a ban on MySpace and YouTube.
Originally posted on July 6, 2007 @ 10:50 am
Sidra Khalid says
hi..
itz me Sidra..im a old user of Orkut.com.im livin in dubai.
i love orkut but uae govt banned orkut :(
im so upset plz tell me what can i do in this situation…:(
i wanna use or run my account on Orkut..
plz advice me as soon as posible
i’ll be very thankful to u.
regards
sidra khalid
HKVARMA says
Use http://www.powerscrap.com to login to Orkut
Sidra Khalid says
ohh My God..
HKVARMA im really really thank ful to u..
but da prob is dat….on my orkut profile page pictuers dose not loaded….
hmmm n thnkx again
meg says
now even powerscrap.com has been blocked .. i really want to access my account.is there any other way?
zea says
its ok if they r missusing orkut . u can block the bad communities that users made..
we r using orkut for communicating with friends . so y u blocked the whole site u just have to block community and indecent users..
meg says
i agree.. i respect their decision to block orkut in regard with the country’s social norms but people who have nothing to do with explicit content and such related communities shouldn’t suffer .. this was a means to keep in touch with our friends and relatives and is disappointing that it has been suddenly blocked without any notice..
Jeffrey says
I’m a good member of orkut… I work in uae & now it is banned in uae… I would like to open my orkut account in duabai… Is it possible… Anybody can help me for that…..?
umar says
I started using orkut some 6 months back. its a very usefull forum to contact your friends, family and cowerkers. you can also get knowledge and references from this site. but unfortunately this site has been blocked.can anybody help me to log on to orkut please.
idris says
hello…
i m daily user of Orkut….and now UAE GOv. bannd it.. i m really apset about this decision of UAE Gov.
ANDREW says
VERY VERY SAD THAT ORKUT IS BANNED IN UAE .SORRY FRNDS I WONT BE ABLE TO CHAT WITH U ALL
BYE ANDREW
linto mathew says
hey cm on ………dis z not d way hw u should do dis………anywayz i cant help it……..miss ya orkut..
jospeh says
ONLY THEY LOOK ORKUT TAHT ITS USING 4 SEX ABUSE WHY THEY DONT SEAL CLUBS BARS WHICH IS MORE SOCIAL ABUSE AS COMPARE TO ORKUT .
THEY ARE I MEAN U.A.E JUST SHOWING THAT THEY STOPING SOCIAL ABUSE BT THEY ALSO DONT WANT TO STOP IT.
xyz says
its such a foolish decision to ban orkut without even intimating th eusers as its abruptly ending friendhsip leaving thousands of frnds wondering as to y dey arent receivng replys from UAE FRINDS.i cpmpletely agree with the above user’s comments.
jack says
Its a real act of hypocracy to ban orkut.There r misuses in every matters.even mobile services,sms,mms,music site, movie site,all sites having chance to to be used for illicit contacts and performance.people r using yahoo .massnger also for open sexual contact. then why only banning orkut?Block the dirty community. why banning the full site? its very vrey useful and handy for us to keep contact and find out our lost friends and get in touch with family and realatives.To punish evil why punishing good one?Then ban the use of cinema halls,music videos, and all video shops. Block all news papres dat publish sensual pics of actress.
R. K. says
Don’t worry buddies. i know how U all feel by outting a ban on orkut by U.A.E. government!!
Anyways “where there is a will, there is a way”. Please log on the the proxy link which will drictly give access to Orkut.com. just log in by clicking the below link a page will appear in which the direct access link to orkut is given just say “GO” and U r there to orkut.com. Isn;t it so simple. here is the link:
https://aniscartujo.com/webproxy/default.aspx?prx=http://www.orkut.com
[Note: Sometimes it will not give U the page with the orkut link, but u have to keep trying in different interval of time, till U receive that page. So keep trying.] It’s really working for me
Susan says
I feel so bad since orkut has been banned. I was able to meet so many of my primary schools friends,being able to scrap them,get to know how they are.
I mean comman orkut is not bad……….worse than that is this site called netlog.com and i think orkut is 100times better than that.I was a daily user of orkut and now i haven’t checked my a/c in nearly a month now.
anwar says
hey im a reguler user of orkut.com but as its blocked i cannot scrap my old school frnds.. i dont get the point clear. coz of few users y orkut is blocked for all. y dont they block their id and open it up for all.. plez un block orkut plezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Sidra Khalid says
yeah R>K, itz really works
thnks a Lot……….
jumana says
thanks R.K. for the link…i got it…thnks
Abhijit says
Sir
I want to block orkut.com from all side not even through powerscrap.com
Abhijit says
Sir
I want to block orkut.com & powerscrap.com
but how
Pl tell me the steps
mohammed says
sir
i want orkut sir please help me.
aaliyah says
please email me how to log on to orkut now … i live in dubai and its blocked !! i am so angry
Sudeep says
Please,
Orkut is the only way of communications with my family back in India. I am very sad.
Please send me a way to effective access orkut from Dubai.
Thanks,
Gimple says
iam living in U.A.E orkut is blocked here can u sent me any link to open the site.I will be very thakfull if you sent me any link
sneha says
Please please help me to access Orkut in Dubai.Tried all the proxies n everything u suggested.Nothing works…all’s blockes….Would really appreciate if u can help out.send to my mail
joe says
hi, sneha & everybody… orkut still not working…
now the last link http://www.orkutproxies.com also blocked…
if u can possible to change u r internet connection etisalat to du… u can get it…
Jill says
i agree Orkut was being missused..but isnt that the case with everything around us… what has man not abused till date… and blocking the whole site is simply meaningless… orkut was just an instrument that these perverts used…blocking it does not block the crime..the crime will still go on thru other mediums and will find its way to currpot the innocent..so instead of wasting time blocking these sites and all i feel the cops could use this info as a directive tool to track down such people missusing orkut and should take action on them (plucking off the stem will do do good..get rid of the root)… why should thousand innocent suffer for 100 wrong doers…?? which code of justice is that!!
sandeep says
pls pls help me for using and to access mee im in dubaiiiiiii now
Aamir Naseer says
hey guyzz….
check out this link….
http://www.operamini.com/beta/simulator/
Regards,
Aamir.
binaz says
when will open orkut i am very very sad
hunny says
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+923335173235
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sweta says
hey listen if ANY ONE GETS THE WAY TO ORKUT.COM PLZ MAIL ME ON [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
sweta says
ITSSS REALLY URGENTTTT
FAISAL says
NOTHNG TO SAY WHT SHOULD I SAY WHN THEY DONT HAVE ANY SENSE DAT THE PEOPLE ARE HERE 4RM OTHER COUNTRY AND WHN THEY HVE A GOOD THNG TO CONTACT THEIR FRNDS AND RELATIVE THEY DONT WNT IT ……………..MIND FEEL RELAX WHN U MEET SOME1 OLD FRNDS AFTR LONG TIME AND U FEEL SO HAPPY U NEVR FEEL DAT U ARE AWAY 4RM UR COUNTRY …………….JUST ONE REQUEST IF UALL WILL STRT IT AGAN IT WILL BE VRY MCH FINE AND
THANKS & REGARDS
FAISAL
shahas says
yeah i can say that some users are using orkut misbehavily but it is not the fact that closing this site will change their behavoiur.It is a request plzzz start orkut so we can communicate with over old friends.
shadir says
its a shockin news 4 me.its the only way we can meet all our frnds together.because of some people misused it,we also lost our frnds.
lucky says
itz me lucky..im a old user of Orkut.com.im livin in dubai.
i love orkut but uae govt banned orkut
im so upset plz tell me what can i do in this situation…:(
i wanna use or run my account on Orkut..
plz advice me as soon as posible
i’ll be very thankful to u.
regards
lucky
lucky says
itz me lucky..im a old user of Orkut.com.im livin in dubai.
i really love orkut but uae govt banned orkut
what can i do in this situation…:(
i wanna use or run my account on Orkut..
plz advice me as soon as posible
i’ll be very thankful to u.
regards
lucky
Xuxu I do need orkut says
Please could you also help me..
I start to became crasy with so many gates
Thanks
Xuxu I do need orkut says
I forgot to ask, my yahoo is also blocked. what can I do?
Thanks
syed says
i dont know wht it is…… but when my friend told me i tried and its banned..
i wanna see atleast once… plzzzzzzzzzzzz……….
syed says
nothing will happen… open the site plzzzz.. there are so many site which have sexual intent in that.. have u banned????? why is orkut????
Vicky says
its not working. I mean none of the links provided above are working. can anyone help? please!!!!!!!
Hashir says
this s very cruel…please unblock orkut…
Dhara says
hi Guys i know some of u guys are really techi and can easily unblock orkut using your home PC …. so Guys please help me out and if possible send me the way on my email address [email protected]
sarath says
Pls sent a mail to me , how can i access my orkut account
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