Are there countries in the world who block their citizens from accessing the FamilySearch website?
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@JVance1, There are a couple of countries mentioned in the Terms of Use document, could be others. I'm sure restriction varies from time to time. Maybe others or someone from FS can be more informative. FS of course wants to give access to All people in all countries but restrictions placed by governments on its own citizenry are outside of FamilySearch's control.
https://www.familysearch.org/legal/terms “This site is not intended for use in the Russian Federation and, therefore, should not be accessed within the Russian Federation. Moreover, due to local legal considerations in Japan, we do not generally allow residents of Japan to access this site. In some instances, subject to legally necessary measures and controls, we may allow limited access to specially authorized individuals and registered Church members in Japan.”
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China blocks FS. (And most of the rest of the "western internet".)
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The impression I get from the terms of use is that in Russia FS is censored and those who try to access it face punishment (hence "should not be accessed within the Russian Federation"). In Japan, I believe FS is not banned or censored per se, but FS needs to strictly control who has access to it (and keep records of those users) due to strict privacy laws.
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An ancillary indication are the map pins on where Family History Centers are located.
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