In which country Quora is banned?

China has been banned Quora since 2018.

Do certain countries block websites?

Some countries block sites for politicial censorship, e.g. China apparently blocks all western social media and also Quora because it is not censored to their rules. This can be done using “Application-Level Firewalls” (also known as “deep packet inspection”).

Is Quora blocked in India?

Like quora is banned on Indian servers but the website will be still available in other countries servers. Simply direct your proxy to their servers and Bingo you got your quora back.

Why do some countries limit Internet access?

While some countries have moderate Internet censorship, other countries go as far as to limit the access of information such as news and suppress and silence discussion among citizens. Internet censorship also occurs in response to or in anticipation of events such as elections, protests, and riots.

How do countries restrict Internet?

How Countries Block Content. There are various methods used to block content online. Government actors can block or tamper with domain names, filter and block specific keywords, block a particular IP address, or urge online content providers to remove content or search results.

How do I restrict access to my content by country?

Geo Restriction or Geoblocking lets you choose the countries in which you want to restrict access to your content. By configuring either a whitelist or a blacklist of countries you can control delivery of your content through Amazon CloudFront only to countries where you have the license to distribute.

How do I block access to certain countries on my website?

This is not an all-encompassing solution for your entire website, but it does partially solve the issue. If your website delivers static content like media files, images, or other files, you can use a CDN with built-in geo tools to block access to certain countries. A big player here is Amazon CloudFront.

How many lines of text does it take to block a country?

If you want to see how many lines it would take in .htaccess to block a country, try using ip2location. To block the US, you need over 150,000 lines of text! The bottom line is this, do not use .htaccess or Apache config or any other web server ACL to try and block countries.

Why is Google banned in some countries?

Google is not banned in any country but there are places where search results from google (country website ) are filtered. This restrictions prevent google from displaying results which government forbids.