webcams in Dubai

[nanny dawn]

My daughter has just moved to Dubai. she says that due to some law there she can not use her webcam there.

Can anyone tell me if this is correct and any advice?

[Ethel]

There are problems inasmuch as the authorities in Dubai have prohibited the use of VOIP, such as Skype, MSN and so on.

If the webcab uses these services, then she cannot use it.

"But companies the world over that offer competing services, such as VOIP (Skype, Google Talk etc) and bulk SMS gateways are also blocked and this has absolutely nothing to do with the usual reasons for blocking: it is purely to do with Etisalat protecting its precious monopoly. Or to put it another way, denying choice to its customers."

http://webmasterdubai.blogspot.com/2006/06/eti salat-messes-up-again-twice-in-week.html