Geo-economics

Why geoblocking means the web is no longer worldwide

People attend a workshop on the first day of the 18th World Wide Web Conference in Madrid April 20, 2009. The conference starts today and will last until April 24th. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E54K1MPX01

Internet content is heavily censored in some countries Image: REUTERS/Susana Vera

Allison McDonald
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, , University of Michigan
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When a website blocks access, it sometimes delivers a notice saying so
When a website blocks access, it sometimes delivers a notice saying so Image: Screenshot from airbnb.com, CC BY-ND
The notice users receive when Amazon Cloudfront is configured to block access from their country.
The notice users receive when Amazon Cloudfront is configured to block access from their country. Image: CC BY-ND
Cloudflare’s notification that the owner of a website has banned the country or region a user’s IP address is in.
Cloudflare’s notification that the owner of a website has banned the country or region a user’s IP address is in. Image: CC BY-ND
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