Where is KakaoTalk blocked?
KakaoTalk is blocked, restricted or age-gated in 6 countries and territories — 5 complete bans and 1 partial restriction in total.
Islamic Republic of Iran
KakaoTalk is inaccessible due to Islamic Republic of Iran's broad internet censorship policies that block many foreign messaging platforms and cause SMS verification issues for users within the country.
North Korea
People's Republic of China
Blocked in People's Republic of China since July 2014 following a government crackdown on instant messaging apps, citing terrorism concerns. The Citizen Lab reported that the block was primarily implemented via DNS tampering and HTTP request filtering.
Turkmenistan
Like most foreign messaging apps, KakaoTalk is blocked under Turkmenistan's severe state-controlled internet censorship.
United Arab Emirates
KakaoTalk's VoIP features (voice and video calls) are strictly blocked by the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), which restricts unlicensed VoIP services.
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