The World Social Networking Ban Race

Social networking sites are arguably the best way to share information among your friends. When you have a network that contains more than a thousand people, links and user generated content can go viral in a matter of seconds.

This is perfect when promoting your own blog post or videos, but when you start to share content which is a bit more controversial it can result in a partial or blanket ban to restrict users from gaining access to that content.

And these days, social networking sites are getting banned more frequently.

If you’re having troubles keeping track, we’ve put together an interactive map showing which countries have banned Web 2.0 sites and why. In addition to the recent ones like Pakistan and Bangladesh, it shows some countries you might not have expected.