Many domain names are blocked in mainland China under the country's Internet censorship policy, which prevents users from accessing certain websites from within the country.[1]
A majority of apps and websites blocked are the result of the companies not willing to follow the Chinese government's internet regulations on data collection and privacy, user-safety, guidelines and the type of content being shared, posted or hosted.
This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites in the country (except Autonomous area). This page does not apply to Chinese territories that adhere to the policy of one country, two systems (Hong Kong and Macau).
This article needs to be updated.(July 2023) |
Website | Domain | URL | Category | Primary language | Duration of blockage | Current status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
google.com | www.google.com drive.google.com chat.google.com scholar.google.com |
Search | Multilingual | 2010–present[2][3] | Blocked[4][3] | |
YouTube | youtube.com | www.youtube.com | Video | Multilingual | 2007 - 2008, 2009–present[5][4][6] | Blocked |
facebook.com | www.facebook.com | Social | Multilingual | July (or earlier) 2009–present[7][8] | Blocked[9] | |
Yahoo | yahoo.com | yahoo.com | Search | Multilingual | 28 February 2021 – present | Unblocked (Service Not Available)[10] |
Wikipedia | wikipedia.org | wikipedia.org | Encyclopedia | Multilingual | 23 April 2019 – present[11][12][6] | Partially blocked, sometimes can be accessed normally, sometimes inaccessible |
Marxists Internet Archive | marxists.org | marxists.org | Encyclopedia | Multilingual | About 2005–no later than 2007[13] | Unblocked |
reddit.com | www.reddit.com | Social | Multilingual | 2018–present[14] | Blocked | |
Fandom | fandom.com | community.fandom.com | Wikia | Multilingual | 2022–present | Partially blocked, sometimes can be accessed normally, sometimes inaccessible |
Netflix | netflix.com | www.netflix.com | Entertainment | Multilingual | 2012–present | Unblocked (Service Not Available)[15] |
Zoom | zoom.us | zoom.us | Videotelephony | English | 9 September to November 2019[16] | Unblocked |
Blogspot | blogspot.com | blogspot.com | Blog | English | May 2009–present[17][18][19] | Blocked |
Bing | bing.com | bing.com | Search | Multilingual | 23 to 24 January 2019[20] | Unblocked (Service Not Available, redirects to Chinese version - cn.bing.com)[21] |
Instagram.com | www.Instagram.com | Image Sharing | Multilingual | September 2014–present[22] | Blocked | |
whatsapp.com | whatsapp.com | Messaging | Multilingual | September 2017–present[23] | Blocked | |
Twitch | twitch.tv | twitch.tv | Streaming | English | 17 September 2018–present | Blocked[24] |
Roblox | roblox.com | roblox.com | Gaming | Multilingual | December 2021 – present | Blocked
(Separate Chinese version exists) |
Steam Store | store.steampowered.com | store.steampowered.com | Entertainment | Multilingual | 25 December 2021[25][26]–present | Partially blocked, sometimes could be accessed normally, sometimes inaccessible; separate Chinese version exists |
Steam Community | steamcommunity.com | steamcommunity.com | Social | Multilingual | 15 December 2017[27][28]–present | Blocked |
Spotify | spotify.com | spotify.com | Music streaming | Multilingual | 7 October 2008–present | Unblocked (Service Not Available)[29] |
Messenger | messenger.com | messenger.com | Messaging | Multilingual | August 2011–present[7][8] | Partially blocked (available for tourists in Hainan)[4][needs update] |
X | x.com | x.com | Social | English | June 2009–present[17][30][8] | Partially blocked (available for tourists in Hainan)[4][needs update] |
linkedin.com | linkedin.com | Social | Multilingual | October 2021–present[1][11][12] | Blocked (Separate Chinese version exists) | |
Skype | skype.com | skype.com | Social | Multilingual | November 2017–unknown[31] | Unblocked |
Tumblr | tumblr.com | tumblr.com | Social | English | 25 May 2016–present[32] | Blocked |
pinterest.com | pinterest.com | Image sharing | Multilingual | March 2017–present[33] | Blocked | |
SoundCloud | SoundCloud.com | SoundCloud.com | Music streaming | Multilingual | September 2013–present[34] | Blocked |
Signal Private Messenger | signal.org | signal.org | Instant messaging | Multilingual | March 16, 2021 – present[35] | Blocked |
Dropbox | dropbox.com | dropbox.com | File sharing | Multilingual | May 2010 – February 2014; June 2014 – present[36] | Blocked |
Pornhub | pornhub.com | www.pornhub.com | Pornography | English | 2012, May to 2016, April, to present | Blocked[37] |
XVideos | xvideos.com | xvideos.com | Pornography videos | English | Unknown – present | Blocked |
Medium | medium.com | medium.com | News | English | 2016, 15 April to present[38] | Blocked |
Dailymotion | dailymotion.com | dailymotion.com | Sharing | English | 2007, 11 April to present[39] | Blocked |
BBC | bbc.co.uk (or bbc.com) | bbc.co.uk (or bbc.com) | News and broadcasting | English | 2014, 15 October to present[40] | Blocked |
The New York Times | nytimes.com | nytimes.com | Publication | English | 2012 to present | Blocked[41] |
Vimeo | vimeo.com | www.vimeo.com | Sharing | English | 2009, October[42] to present[43] | Blocked |
The Guardian | theguardian.com | theguardian.com | News | English | June 2019 to present[44] | Blocked |
SlideShare | slideshare.net | slideshare.net | English | June 2012 to present | Blocked[45] | |
Discord | discord.com | discord.com | Messaging | Multilingual | 2018, 13 July to present[46] | Blocked |
DeviantArt | deviantart.com | www.deviantart.com | Art display | English | 2008, 15 December to present[47] | Blocked |
The Washington Post | washingtonpost.com | washingtonpost.com | News | English | June 2019 to present[44] | Blocked |
Nico Video | nicovideo.jp | nicovideo.jp | Sharing | Japanese | Unknown to present[48] | Blocked |
Archive.org (Internet Archive) | archive.org | www.archive.org | Web archiving | English | 2011, April (or earlier) to Present[49] | Blocked[50][51] |
Bloomberg | bloomberg.com | bloomberg.com | Publication | English | 2012, July to present[52] | Blocked |
Flickr | flickr.com | flickr.com | Sharing | English | 2007, 7 June to present[53][54] | Blocked |
Wretch | wretch.cc | www.wretch.cc | Blog | Chinese | 2007, August to 2012[55] | Blocked (discontinued) |
HuffPost | huffpost.com | huffpost.com | News | English | June 2019 to present[44] | Blocked |
The Wall Street Journal | wsj.com | wsj.com | News | English | No later than 22 September 2015 to present[56][57] | Blocked |
DuckDuckGo | duckduckgo.com | duckduckgo.com | Search | English | 2014, September to present[58] | Blocked |
Scratch | scratch.mit.edu | scratch.mit.edu | Programming, Sharing | Multilingual | 2020, 14 August to present | Partially Blocked (Not accessible)[59][citation needed][60] |
Reuters | reuters.com | reuters.com | News | English | 2015, 20 March, to present[61] | Blocked |
NBC News | nbcnews.com | www.nbcnews.com | News | English | June 2019 to present[44] | Blocked |
TIME | time.com | time.com | News | English | 2016. 9 April to present[62] | Blocked |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) | cbc.ca | www.cbc.ca | News and broadcasting | English | 2014 to present[63] | Blocked |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | www.abc.net.au | www.abc.net.au | News and broadcasting | English | 2018, 22 August to present[64] | Blocked |
Bandcamp | bandcamp.com | www.bandcamp.com | Music | English | 2021, February to present[65] | Blocked |
Technorati | technorati.com | www.technorati.com | Search | English | 2008, July to Present[66] | Blocked |
Archive of Our Own | archiveofourown.org | archiveofourown.org | Fanfiction | Multilingual | 2020, March, to present[67] | Blocked |
Viber | viber.com | viber.com | Messaging | Multilingual | 2014, October to present[68] | Blocked |
South China Morning Post | scmp.com | scmp.com | News | English | 2016 to present[69] | Blocked |
Plurk | plurk.com | www.plurk.com | Social | Multilingual | 2009, April to Present[70] | Blocked |
The Economist | economist.com | economist.com | News | English | April 2016 – present[71][72] | Blocked |
ABC | abc.es | www.abc.es | News | Spanish | 29 November 2021 – present[73] | Blocked |
Voice of America | voanews.com | www.voanews.com | News | English | Unknown – present[74] | Blocked |
Radio Free Asia | rfa.org | rfa.org | News, broadcasting | Multilingual | Unknown – present[75][76] | Blocked |
NBC | nbc.com | nbc.com | Broadcasting | English | June 2019 – present[44] | Blocked |
PBworks | pbworks.com | pbworks.com | Sharing | English | January 2011 – present[77] | Blocked |
The Epoch Times | theepochtimes.com | www.theepochtimes.com | News | English | 2003–present[78] | Blocked |
The Epoch Times (Chinese edition) | epochtimes.com | www.epochtimes.com | News | Chinese | 1999–present[78] | Blocked |
HBO | hbo.com | www.hbo.com | Entertainment | English | June 2018 – present[79] | Blocked |
WION | wionews.com | www.wionews.com | News | English | July 2020 – present[80] | Blocked[81] |
Hong Kong Free Press | hongkongfp.com | hongkongfp.com | News | English | November 2015 – present[82] | Blocked |
Apple Daily | hk.appledaily.com | hk.appledaily.com | News | Traditional Chinese (Cantonese) | Unknown – 2021 (closed) | Blocked,[83] closed in 2021 |
TikTok | tiktok.com | www.tiktok.com | Social | Multilingual | June 2020 – present | Blocked[84] |
ChatGPT | openai.com | chatgpt.com
chat.openai.com |
Artificial Intelligence | Multilingual | 2023–present | Blocked[85] |
Rockstar Games | rockstargames.com | www.rockstargames.com | Gaming | Multilingual | Unknown–present | Blocked |
GitHub | github.com | www.github.com | Web tools | Multilingual | June 2020 – present | Partially blocked, sometimes could be accessed normally, sometimes inaccessible |
Hugging Face | huggingface.co | huggingface.co | Artificial Intelligence | Multilingual | 2023–present | Blocked[86] |
Flipkart | flipkart.com | www.flipkart.com | Online Shopping | Multilingual | Unknown–present | Blocked |
Zomato | zomato.com | www.zomato.com | Food Service | English | Unknown–present | Blocked |
Clubhouse | clubhouse.com | www.clubhouse.com | Social | English | February 2021 – present | Blocked[87] |
Swiggy | swiggy.com | www.swiggy.com | Food Service | English | Unknown–present | Blocked |
Truth Social | truthsocial.com | www.truthsocial.com | Social Media | English | February 2022 – present | Blocked[88] |
National Weather Service | weather.gov | www.weather.gov | Weather | English | Unknown-present | Blocked |
Kanzhongguo
(English) |
visiontimes.com | www.visiontimes.com | Newspaper | English | Unknown-present | Blocked[89] |
Kanzhongguo
(Chinese) |
secretchina.com | www.secretchina.com
pdf.secretchina.com |
Newspaper | Chinese | Unknown-present | Blocked[90] |
Microsoft Copilot | Copilot.microsoft.com | Copilot.microsoft.com | Artificial Intelligence | Multilingual | 2024 - present | Blocked |
Telegram | telegram.org | telegram.org | Messaging | Multilingual | July 2015 – present | Blocked |
Wikipedia, Facebook, Google, and other sites normally blocked in China
China's "Great Firewall" is one of many impossible to breach through of the world's most comprehensive internet censorship regimes, preventing citizens from accessing websites like Instagram, Wikipedia and YouTube
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