Tales and observations from a stranger, in Abu Dhabi, a very strange land, and now to beyond and back

Saturday, July 30, 2005

Proxy and Companies

There has been much press about the sacking or muzzling of employees who blog about their companies. Some of the blogs produced in the UAE have had other forms of censorship, mostly self – sections deleted and in one case proxy blocked. The power of the press and help from many admirers brought Secret Dubai back to the UAE.

I am now back in the UK, having been downsized from my job in Abu Dhabi. Tried to get into my blog at lunch time here and found it “access denied” and my attempted access would be reported to the powers that be. I will see if a couple of security guards escort me off the premises later.

4 Comments:

Blogger Ashish Gorde said...

Just goes to show that the more things change the more they remain the same... :-)))

7:47 pm

 
Blogger secretdubai said...

So sorry to hear about your job. Are you planning to come back here if you can?

11:55 pm

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That surprises me if your Company is a UK one. Does that mean the UK is not free of censorship either?

3:41 pm

 
Blogger BrainSyke said...

Thats a little disturbing, since i am thinking of moving back to UAE from US

8:05 pm

 

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