Blocked Pages by Yahoo Category - Grouping by Level 2
Documentation of Internet Filtering in Saudi Arabia
[ Group by Yahoo Category Level: 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
This table reports the number of pages found to be blocked in each Yahoo category and subcategory. For each category and sub-category, the second column gives the number of specific web pages found to be blocked, while the third column reports the number of pages blocked in that category as a proportion of the number of pages tested from that category. Small-font text below each category listing gives up to five specific pages found to be blocked (ordered by descending number of inbound links).
| Category | Number of pages blocked | Proportion of tested pages blocked | |||
| Regional | 396 | 1.3% | |||
| Countries | 221 | 1.7% | |||
| www.ciudadfutura.com, www.seznam.cz, www.mondadori.com, www.bahai.org, www.norml.org, and 216 additional URLs | |||||
| U S States | 196 | 1.0% | |||
| www.systransoft.com, www.bahai.org, www.siecus.org, www.norml.org, www.nyrock.com, and 191 additional URLs | |||||
| Regions | 13 | 3.5% | |||
| www.playboy.com, www.idf.il, nepenthes.lycaeum.org, shanmonster.bla-bla.com, dieoff.org, and 8 additional URLs | |||||
| Society and Culture | 308 | 2.8% | |||
| Religion and Spirituality | 246 | 2.7% | |||
| magazines.ivillage.com/townandcountry, cards.webshots.com, www.anonymizer.com, www.bahai.org, www.siecus.org, and 241 additional URLs | |||||
| Cultures and Groups | 29 | 6.8% | |||
| www.io.com, www.sexuality.org, www.scn.org, www.darksites.com, answering-islam.org, and 24 additional URLs | |||||
| People | 22 | 8.5% | |||
| www.luckymojo.com, www.luckymojo.com/cat.html, www.shavenferret.com, www.grrl.com, www.hobrad.com/and.htm, and 17 additional URLs | |||||
| Crime | 11 | 1.6% | |||
| www.theonion.com, crimelibrary.com, www.crimelibrary.com, religioustolerance.org, www.religioustolerance.org, and 6 additional URLs | |||||
| Sexuality | 11 | 32.4% | |||
| www.playboy.com, www.sexuality.org, www.teenwire.com, www.submission.org, www.bayswan.org/penet.html, and 6 additional URLs | |||||
| Disabilities | 9 | 25.7% | |||
| www.mindspring.com, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ AQanai_Ktav/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ dover_nottm/cmr3803.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ empowertools/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ empowertools/order.htm, and 4 additional URLs | |||||
| Food and Drink | 7 | 5.6% | |||
| www.submission.org, www.submission.org/ramadan.html, www.ivillage.com, home.swipnet.se, users.skynet.be, and 2 additional URLs | |||||
| Death and Dying | 5 | 10.2% | |||
| religioustolerance.org, www.religioustolerance.org, www.flash.net, www.redrival.com, ash.xanthia.com | |||||
| Issues and Causes | 5 | 1.9% | |||
| www.io.com, www.scn.org, www.mindspring.com, www.oneworld.org, www.oneworld.org/guides | |||||
| Holidays and Observances | 2 | 2.0% | |||
| www.gurlpages.com, www.mindspring.com/~stardancer | |||||
| Mythology and Folklore | 2 | 3.2% | |||
| www.pacificnet.net, www3.sympatico.ca | |||||
| Environment and Nature | 1 | 0.8% | |||
| www.oneworld.org | |||||
| Etiquette | 1 | 20.0% | |||
| www.ivillage.com | |||||
| Families | 1 | 3.1% | |||
| pages.ivillage.com | |||||
| Relationships | 1 | 6.2% | |||
| www.ivillage.com | |||||
| Social Organizations | 1 | 33.3% | |||
| www.cuttingedge.org | |||||
| Entertainment | 173 | 6.7% | |||
| Humor | 76 | 22.3% | |||
| www.theonion.com, www.rollingstone.com, www.portalofevil.com, www.mindspring.com, www.subgenius.com, and 71 additional URLs | |||||
| Music | 70 | 6.2% | |||
| www.theonion.com, www.ciudadfutura.com, www.rollingstone.com, www.playboy.com, www.nyrock.com, and 65 additional URLs | |||||
| Movies and Film | 43 | 8.4% | |||
| www.theonion.com, www.rollingstone.com, www.brightlightsfilm.com, www.megastar.co.uk, www.hecklers.com, and 38 additional URLs | |||||
| Actors and Actresses | 20 | 12.7% | |||
| www.theonion.com, www.ciudadfutura.com, www.brightlightsfilm.com, www.megastar.co.uk, www.ifrance.com, and 15 additional URLs | |||||
| Comics and Animation | 16 | 12.8% | |||
| www.theonion.com, art.net, www.ifrance.com, www.shavenferret.com, www.grrl.com, and 11 additional URLs | |||||
| Comedy | 3 | 16.7% | |||
| www.theonion.com, www.nyrock.com, www.flash.net | |||||
| Amusement and Theme Parks | 2 | 50.0% | |||
| fortunecity.com, www.fortunecity.com | |||||
| Magic | 2 | 100.0% | |||
| www.theonion.com, x-stream.fortunecity.com | |||||
| Webisodes | 2 | 50.0% | |||
| atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/animation/ series/joecartoon, atomfilms.shockwave.com | |||||
| Chats and Forums | 1 | 33.3% | |||
| laughnet.net | |||||
| Genres | 1 | 8.3% | |||
| art.net | |||||
| Sports Entertainment | 1 | 16.7% | |||
| www.mindspring.com/~dpcallah/ricflair.htm | |||||
| Virtual Cards | 1 | 5.6% | |||
| www.ivillage.com | |||||
| Business and Economy | 140 | 2.6% | |||
| Shopping and Services | 121 | 3.2% | |||
| www.erowid.org, www.anonymizer.com, www.playboy.com, art.net, www.wbr.com, and 116 additional URLs | |||||
| Business to Business | 33 | 2.1% | |||
| www.magazinecity.net, webalias.com, www.wbr.com, www.mindspring.com, www.asahi-net.or.jp, and 28 additional URLs | |||||
| Finance and Investment | 2 | 3.0% | |||
| www.zpub.com, www.ivillage.com | |||||
| Arts | 81 | 2.7% | |||
| Humanities | 54 | 5.1% | |||
| crimelibrary.com, www.crimelibrary.com, www.erowid.org, www.druglibrary.org, www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/ library/graphs/cvmarjna.htm, and 49 additional URLs | |||||
| Visual Arts | 29 | 11.4% | |||
| www.io.com, art.net, www.nerve.com/photography, www.volny.cz, www.asahi-net.or.jp, and 24 additional URLs | |||||
| Design Arts | 16 | 12.5% | |||
| www.mondadori.com, www.playboy.com, www.io.com, www.sexuality.org, www.volny.cz, and 11 additional URLs | |||||
| Performing Arts | 11 | 16.4% | |||
| www.erowid.org, www.io.com, www.brightlightsfilm.com, www.BmeWorld.com, women.eb.com, and 6 additional URLs | |||||
| Artists | 6 | 13.6% | |||
| art.net, www.darksites.com, www.ifrance.com, www.flash.net, www.mayhem.net, and 1 additional URLs | |||||
| Crafts | 3 | 13.6% | |||
| www.freenet.tlh.fl.us, www.ivillage.com, magazines.ivillage.com | |||||
| Thematic | 2 | 25.0% | |||
| gaytoday.badpuppy.com, www.din.or.jp | |||||
| News and Media | 1 | 16.7% | |||
| pwp.usa.pipeline.com | |||||
| Health | 55 | 5.2% | |||
| Diseases and Conditions | 20 | 6.6% | |||
| www.druglibrary.org, www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/ library/graphs/cvmarjna.htm, www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/ Library/studies/cu/CU35.html, www.asahi-net.or.jp, www.ifrance.com, and 15 additional URLs | |||||
| Pharmacy | 20 | 27.8% | |||
| www.mapinc.org, www.erowid.org, www.druglibrary.org, www.pot-tv.net, www.ecstasy.org, and 15 additional URLs | |||||
| Mental Health | 8 | 15.1% | |||
| www.walnet.org, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ AQanai_Ktav/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ dover_nottm/cmr3803.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ empowertools/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ empowertools/order.htm, and 3 additional URLs | |||||
| Reproductive Health | 4 | 15.4% | |||
| religioustolerance.org, www.religioustolerance.org, www.sexuality.org, www.postfun.com | |||||
| Women s Health | 2 | 16.7% | |||
| www.io.com, www.teenwire.com | |||||
| Medicine | 1 | 1.1% | |||
| www.flash.net | |||||
| Men s Health | 1 | 50.0% | |||
| www.luckymojo.com | |||||
| Sexual Health | 1 | 100.0% | |||
| www.sexuality.org | |||||
| Weight Issues | 1 | 50.0% | |||
| www.ivillage.com | |||||
| Recreation | 49 | 4.2% | |||
| Sports | 26 | 7.3% | |||
| www.playboy.com, webalias.com, www.io.com, www.volny.cz, www.asahi-net.or.jp, and 21 additional URLs | |||||
| Travel | 16 | 5.9% | |||
| www.asahi-net.or.jp, www.ifrance.com, www.utopia-asia.com, www.israel.com, hjem.get2net.dk, and 11 additional URLs | |||||
| Games | 11 | 8.1% | |||
| www.theonion.com, www.ifrance.com, www.fhm.com, www.imasy.or.jp, freespace.virgin.net, and 6 additional URLs | |||||
| Automotive | 5 | 7.1% | |||
| www.euronet.nl, www.din.or.jp, www.freenet.tlh.fl.us, www.pacificnet.net, members.iol.co.il | |||||
| Home and Garden | 5 | 26.3% | |||
| www.asahi-net.or.jp, www.ivillage.com, members.home.net, www.members.home.net, www.zyworld.com | |||||
| Hobbies | 4 | 7.4% | |||
| www.mindspring.com, www.asahi-net.or.jp, www.grrl.com, www.bekkoame.ne.jp | |||||
| Toys | 4 | 12.9% | |||
| www.theonion.com, www.hecklers.com, fortunecity.com, www.fortunecity.com | |||||
| Outdoors | 3 | 4.5% | |||
| greenfield.fortunecity.com, members.home.net, www.members.home.net | |||||
| Aviation | 1 | 6.7% | |||
| www.euronet.nl | |||||
| News and Media | 42 | 0.7% | |||
| Television | 26 | 12.6% | |||
| www.playboy.com, webalias.com, www.mindspring.com, www.gurlpages.com, www.redrival.com, and 21 additional URLs | |||||
| Magazines | 12 | 0.8% | |||
| www.adaweb.com, www.sh-online.dk, www.popular-maj.com, www.indiaweekly.com, www.rasputin.ru, and 7 additional URLs | |||||
| Newspapers | 2 | 0.2% | |||
| www.megastar.co.uk, www.watan.com | |||||
| By Region | 1 | 1.0% | |||
| www.oneworld.org | |||||
| Journalism | 1 | 1.4% | |||
| www.euronet.nl | |||||
| Science | 36 | 2.0% | |||
| Biology | 22 | 6.3% | |||
| religioustolerance.org, www.religioustolerance.org, www.mindspring.com, www.ifrance.com, www.euronet.nl, and 17 additional URLs | |||||
| Alternative | 12 | 19.7% | |||
| www.mindspring.com, www.newfrontier.com, freespace.virgin.net, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ AQanai_Ktav/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ dover_nottm/cmr3803.htm, and 7 additional URLs | |||||
| Physics | 10 | 11.5% | |||
| www.theonion.com, freespace.virgin.net, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ AQanai_Ktav/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ dover_nottm/cmr3803.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ empowertools/homepage.htm, and 5 additional URLs | |||||
| Employment | 7 | 77.8% | |||
| ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ AQanai_Ktav/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ dover_nottm/cmr3803.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ empowertools/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ empowertools/order.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ Per_Lisle/newbold.htm, and 2 additional URLs | |||||
| Mathematics | 7 | 8.1% | |||
| ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ AQanai_Ktav/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ dover_nottm/cmr3803.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ empowertools/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ empowertools/order.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ Per_Lisle/newbold.htm, and 2 additional URLs | |||||
| Astronomy | 5 | 5.6% | |||
| www.flash.net, www.freenet.tlh.fl.us, victorian.fortunecity.com, www.webspawner.com, home.flash.net | |||||
| Earth Sciences | 3 | 2.6% | |||
| www.mindspring.com, www.flash.net, users.skynet.be | |||||
| Chemistry | 2 | 4.8% | |||
| www.mindspring.com, www.ifrance.com | |||||
| Engineering | 2 | 2.2% | |||
| members.home.net, www.members.home.net | |||||
| Artificial Life | 1 | 25.0% | |||
| www.mindspring.com | |||||
| Energy | 1 | 2.6% | |||
| www.oneworld.org | |||||
| Geography | 1 | 1.8% | |||
| www.mindspring.com | |||||
| Space | 1 | 3.1% | |||
| women.eb.com | |||||
| Government | 33 | 1.0% | |||
| Politics | 11 | 1.8% | |||
| www.zpub.com, www.ummah.org.uk/cdlr, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ AQanai_Ktav/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ dover_nottm/cmr3803.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ empowertools/homepage.htm, and 6 additional URLs | |||||
| U S Government | 11 | 1.5% | |||
| www.theonion.com, crimelibrary.com, www.crimelibrary.com, www.io.com, www.scn.org, and 6 additional URLs | |||||
| Law | 7 | 3.0% | |||
| crimelibrary.com, www.crimelibrary.com, www.druglibrary.org, www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/ library/graphs/cvmarjna.htm, www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/ Library/studies/cu/CU35.html, and 2 additional URLs | |||||
| Military | 6 | 2.8% | |||
| www.israel.com, www.greenpanthers.org, www.voodoo.cz, www.voodoo.cz/merkava, web2.iadfw.net, and 1 additional URLs | |||||
| National Symbols and Songs | 3 | 10.7% | |||
| www.fortunecity.com/victorian/ hornton/21/Dark.Howler.html, fortunecity.com, www.fortunecity.com | |||||
| Computers and Internet | 30 | 4.8% | |||
| Software | 16 | 10.6% | |||
| www.flash.net, www.megaproxy.com, surfanon.narod.ru, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ AQanai_Ktav/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ dover_nottm/cmr3803.htm, and 11 additional URLs | |||||
| Internet | 6 | 2.5% | |||
| www.profusion.com, www.cruel.com, www.flash.net, www.tsunamisearch.com, www.twoey.com, and 1 additional URLs | |||||
| Hardware | 5 | 10.4% | |||
| www.euronet.nl, skyscraper.fortunecity.com, www.xs4all.nl, members.home.net, www.members.home.net | |||||
| Multimedia | 4 | 26.7% | |||
| skyscraper.fortunecity.com, fortunecity.com, www.fortunecity.com, home.swipnet.se | |||||
| Communications and Networking | 1 | 2.4% | |||
| www.pacificnet.net | |||||
| Graphics | 1 | 7.7% | |||
| art.net | |||||
| Personal Digital Assistants PDAs | 1 | 7.7% | |||
| skyscraper.fortunecity.com | |||||
| Security and Encryption | 1 | 2.9% | |||
| www.xs4all.nl | |||||
| Social Science | 23 | 4.1% | |||
| Psychology | 12 | 17.4% | |||
| www.euronet.nl, www.redrival.com, test.thespark.com, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ AQanai_Ktav/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ dover_nottm/cmr3803.htm, and 7 additional URLs | |||||
| Anthropology and Archaeology | 10 | 10.9% | |||
| www.erowid.org, nepenthes.lycaeum.org, www.summum.org, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ AQanai_Ktav/homepage.htm, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ dover_nottm/cmr3803.htm, and 5 additional URLs | |||||
| Linguistics and Human Languages | 7 | 3.8% | |||
| www.asahi-net.or.jp, www.redrival.com, www.iijnet.or.jp, freespace.virgin.net, victorian.fortunecity.com, and 2 additional URLs | |||||
| Communications | 1 | 1.6% | |||
| www.bekkoame.ne.jp | |||||
| Economics | 1 | 1.4% | |||
| home.flash.net | |||||
| Sexology | 1 | 100.0% | |||
| www.sexuality.org | |||||
| Reference | 9 | 0.9% | |||
| Quotations | 4 | 2.7% | |||
| www.fashionquote.com, freespace.virgin.net/mark.fryer, freespace.virgin.net, www.globalserve.net/~cracker/tick/fortune | |||||
| Dictionaries | 3 | 4.0% | |||
| www.voycabulary.com, www.xs4all.nl/~in/Poet/VocAll.htm, www.xs4all.nl | |||||
| Libraries | 2 | 0.5% | |||
| www.BmeWorld.com, www.BmeWorld.com/gailcat/index.html | |||||
| Education | 6 | 0.1% | |||
| K 12 | 2 | 0.3% | |||
| religioustolerance.org, www.religioustolerance.org | |||||
| Theory and Methods | 2 | 15.4% | |||
| www.ivillage.com, pages.ivillage.com | |||||
| Instructional Technology | 1 | 8.3% | |||
| www.xs4all.nl | |||||
| Teaching | 1 | 6.7% | |||
| www.pacificnet.net | |||||
For each blocked URL, Yahoo categories were obtained by entering the blocked URL into Yahoo's ordinary search interface. When a blocked URL is the root page of a domain, i.e. http://www.domainname.com without a further directory path or filename, the Yahoo search system may in some instances return categories that pertain to other pages within the blocked domain. If a block takes place at the level only of a root page, but does not extend to pages deeper in the domain's directory tree, erroneous reporting of Yahoo categories may result. However, in the authors' testing, blocks of the affected servers (namely, those servers providing personal home pages) covered all pages on a given server, rendering this concern moot.