Global Censorship Tracker — what changed in United Arab Emirates

Rename X formerly Twitter platform to X

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:51:44 +0100

1 renamed.

Renamed

X — United Arab Emirates (age) — was X (formerly Twitter)

Audit every source for relevance and rot, not just for a 200

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:23:00 +0100

1 removed, 6 changed.

Removed

YouTube — United Arab Emirates (age)

Revised

Discord — United Arab Emirates (partial): source
KakaoTalk — United Arab Emirates (partial): source
LINE — United Arab Emirates (partial): source
New York Times — United Arab Emirates (partial): source
Roblox — United Arab Emirates (partial): source
WhatsApp — United Arab Emirates (partial): source

Update Grindr dataset using Grindr official Help Center source

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:47:26 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Grindr — United Arab Emirates (complete): date, notes, source

Optimize data loading with instant session caching and path fallback for age-verification and vpn-tracker

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:45:53 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

VPNs — United Arab Emirates (restricted): source

Replace references of UK and UAE with United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:40:04 +0100

1 changed, 16 renamed.

Revised

VPNs — United Arab Emirates (restricted): notes

Renamed

Al Jazeera — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
Discord — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
Facebook — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
Grindr — United Arab Emirates (complete) — was UAE
Instagram — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
KakaoTalk — United Arab Emirates (partial) — was UAE
LINE — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
New York Times — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
Roblox — United Arab Emirates (partial) — was UAE
Snapchat — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
TikTok — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
Tinder — United Arab Emirates (complete) — was UAE
Viber — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
WhatsApp — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
X (formerly Twitter) — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
YouTube — United Arab Emirates (age): notes

Replace Wikipedia sources in censorship_data.csv with verified independent sources for non-exempt countries

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:25:58 +0100

3 changed.

Revised

Grindr — UAE (complete): source
Roblox — UAE (partial): source
Tinder — UAE (complete): source

Update Al Jazeera UAE entry with Freedom House 2024 citation and details

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:14:32 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Al Jazeera — UAE (partial): notes, source

Update Al Jazeera status for UAE to partial censorship

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:00:27 +0100

1 added.

Added

Al Jazeera — UAE (partial)

Remove Al Jazeera / UAE entry as restriction has been fully lifted

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:55:18 +0100

1 removed.

Removed

Al Jazeera — UAE (partial)

Update Al Jazeera post-Al-Ula boycott status for UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:53:09 +0100

1 added, 1 removed.

Added

Al Jazeera — UAE (partial)

Removed

Al Jazeera — UAE (complete)

Add Al Jazeera and CGTN censorship data and logo assets

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:49:02 +0100

1 added.

Added

Al Jazeera — UAE (complete)

Add New York Times to censorship tracker

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:38:19 +0100

1 added.

Added

New York Times — UAE (partial)

Add KakaoTalk censorship data and UI assets

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:33:56 +0100

1 added.

Added

KakaoTalk — UAE (partial)

Update Zoom entries: remove outdated UAE VoIP ban, add China restriction

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:57:51 +0100

1 removed.

Removed

Zoom — UAE (partial)

Remove duplicate same-type ban rows from censorship data

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:32:10 +0100

1 removed.

Removed

Skype — UAE (partial)

Add Substack censorship data

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:31:28 +0100

5 added.

Added

Grindr — UAE (complete)
Roblox — UAE (partial)
Skype — UAE (partial)
Tinder — UAE (complete)
Zoom — UAE (partial)

Add Viber and LINE censorship tracking data including Russia block for Viber

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:09:03 +0100

2 added.

Added

LINE — UAE (partial)
Viber — UAE (partial)

Add VPN Tracker with ban table and legislative efforts

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:39:11 +0100

1 added.

Added

VPNs — United Arab Emirates (restricted)

Add Age Verification Tracker page with timeline and legislative efforts

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:21:12 +0100

1 added.

Added

Age verification — United Arab Emirates (Cabinet resolution on children's social media access)

Add YouTube UAE age row to meet plan minimum platform set

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:16:42 +0100

1 added.

Added

YouTube — UAE (age)

Add pending UAE and Turkey under-15 age-verification rows

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:13:59 +0100

5 added.

Added

Facebook — UAE (age)
Instagram — UAE (age)
Snapchat — UAE (age)
TikTok — UAE (age)
X (formerly Twitter) — UAE (age)

Rename labels and mark UAE Discord as partial (VoIP)

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:57:12 +0100

1 added, 1 removed.

Added

Discord — UAE (partial)

Removed

Discord — UAE (complete)

Move all ban data into censorship_data.csv

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:44:00 +0100

2 added.

Added

Discord — UAE (complete)
WhatsApp — UAE (partial)