Dubai Blocks iDating, But Lets People Discovery Sites Off The Hook

OPW - Nov 3 - Irena and I were in Dubai for a few days so we thought we'd see which dating sites were blocked and which made it past government filtering. Specifically any 'Internet Content that contradicts the ethics and morals of the UAE including Nudity and Dating' get blocked. iDating doesn't fit the religion and culture of UAE. Matrimonials sites, on the other hand, are ok.

Match, Plentyoffish and OKCupid were blocked. I thought World Singles Arablounge.com might make the cut, but no. It was blocked. China dating sites Zhenai, Baihe and Jiayuan were all blocked as well. We got through to Facebook and thought we'd have more luck with people discovery services. Badoo was blocked but Tagged and Meetme were ok. Matrimonials sites made the cut. Shaadi, Bharat Matrimony and Jeevansathi were all available in Dubai. We were especially pleased that Online Personals Watch and Social Networking Watch were available as well. Of course, as soon as I fired up my VPN I could get to everything. Dubai Internet City also enjoys open access and alternative ISP Du is more lenient than Etisalat. [Full Disclosure: POF and Meetme are clients of Courtland Brooks]

Comments

[Datinginsider]

Fascinating place. Dubai is a dude-fest, 1,370,000 males and 401,000 females. My friend works there often, they don't use dating sites, its all local connections.

[Josh Millers]

I have noticed http://www.dubaidatingsite.com online dating website also has been blocked in UAE. This was one of the best dating websites for people in Dubai. Yes this is a cultural issue and no one can do anything about it.

[Ash]

DubaiPersonals.com is not blocked and the domain is currently for sale. Due to cultural sensitivities, it is important not use the keywords dating in the domain name. Personals, matchmaking and matrimonial keywords are okay.

[hentai]

How to discover if a site is banned in UAE? Exist some tools? Thanks

[Gloria Walton]

Hi This is bad or good i don't know but government have some reason behind it, that's why they are taking some serious step to block dating websites in Dubai. As Datinginsider indicate that woman and man ratio. How you conclude such things and comparing it with dating sites. It is not related to this action in any case. You people are having such type of mentality that's why world goes behind such type of thinking.