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Blogger, VC, and Internet gadabout Joi Ito noticedthat Twitter is blocked in the United Arab Emirates for being"inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values"of the country. We're not sure exactly why the microblogging site is soobjectionable -- probably something to do with free speech. Or thetext-message profit margins of local telephone companies.
The UAE, Dubai in particular, is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. While its government might hand out stacks of tall dollars faster than a low-employee-number Googler in Vegas,it's still a strictly Muslim country. Your fancy Web 2.0 widget mightnot go over so well there. Then again, if a country thinks you'reimportant enough to block, maybe that tells you your product is actually worth something.