Facts that some people don't know about Facebook

Despite it vast popularity, Facebook has restrictions in some countries which in other words means that the popular social website is blocked in some countries.

Here are list of countries that have once blocked Facebook, some of which Facebook is still blocked.


1: Egypt
2: Iran

3: Morocco

4: Bangladesh
5: China(still blocked)
6: North Korea(still blocked)
7: Russia
8: Mauritius
9: Syria
10: Tajikistan
11: United Kingdom
12: Iraq(still blocked)

In China, Facebook was blocked following July 2009 Urumqi riots because Xinjiang  independence activist were using Facebook as part of their communications network. Some Chinese users also believed that Facebook would not succeed in China after Google China's problem. The popular Renren social network (formerly Xiaonei) has many features similar to Facebook, and complies with the PRC Government regulation regarding content filtering. 

 As of 20 August 2013, there have been reports of Facebook being partially unblocked in China. But according to the "Blocked in China" website, Facebook is still blocked.