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Sure, YouTube is user generated, but Big Brother can still cut off the clips. Around the globe, nations have begun to censor the popular site, proving there may be no such thing as truly open access.

THE KING AND THAI Thailand recently cut off access to the site after someone posted a 44-sec. video depicting King Bhumibol Adulyadej with clown features and feet pasted over his head.

SEX CARNAVAL In January, a Brazilian judge ordered that risqué footage of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli cavorting with her boyfriend in the sea off Cádiz, Spain, be blocked from YouTube.

NO WEST In December, Iran blocked YouTube and other popular websites like Amazon.com fearing that Western films and music would corrupt its citizens.

GRECO-TURKISH TENSIONS Turkey banned the site for three days after a Greek user allegedly posted a clip calling the founder of modern Turkey--Mustafa Kemal Ataturk--a homosexual. The stir caused a virtual video war to break out, as Greeks and Turks posted YouTube clips insulting one another.