Everything about Geo-blocking
Internet censorship based upon geographical location
Geo-blocking, geoblocking or geolocking is technology that restricts access to Internet content based upon the user's geographical location. In a geo-blocking scheme, the user's location is determined using Internet geolocation techniques, such as checking the user's IP address against a blacklist or whitelist, GPS queries in the case of a mobile device, accounts, and measuring the end-to-end delay of a network connection to estimate the physical location of the user. The result of this check is used to determine whether the system will approve or deny access to the website or to particular content. The geolocation may also be used to modify the content provided: for example, the currency in which goods are quoted, the price or the range of goods that are available. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Geo-blockingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The Circumvention of Geo-Blocking and Copyrights InfringementInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Winsor McCayThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Economic Impact of Removing GEO-Blocking Restrictions in the EU Digital Single MarketCited 6 times
- Go sideways: VPN blockingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: IP address blockingA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun The use of geolocation software to deny access to content to users from certain regions or countries.
Verb third-person singular simple present indicative of geo-block
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Economic Impact of Removing GEO-Blocking Restrictions in the EU Digital Single Market
Geo-Blocking of Non Audio-Visual Digital Media Content in the EU Digital Single Market
Delineating the Reach of Internet Intermediaries’ Content Blocking – “ccTLD Blocking”, “Strict Geo-location Blocking” or a “Country Lens Approach”?
A General Summary on Geo-Blocking in the EU
Is Geo-Blocking a Real Cause for Concern in Europe?
The EU Geo-Blocking Regulation from a Competition Law Perspective
Are online consumers protected from geo-blocking practices within the European Union?
The European Commission’s Geo-blocking Proposals and the Future of EU E‑commerce Regulation
🆕 Influential since 2022
The Circumvention of Geo-Blocking and Copyrights Infringement
Geo-Blocking – Did It Disappear?
Geo-blocking – bariera w budowaniu jednolitego rynku cyfrowego UE
Time and value aware influence blocking maximization in geo-social networks
Geo-Blocking Measures and the Online Publication of Anne Frank’s Diaries
đź“š Books worth reading
Winsor McCayWinsor McCay · 2003
Advances in Multimedia ModelingShipeng Li · 2012
The history of Detroit and MichiganSilas Farmer · 1884- 📕Municipal register of the city of LawrenceLawrence (Mass.) · 1856
- 📕Teacher's guide for Geo blocksElementary Science Study (Education Development Center) · 1969
- 📕EU Geo-Blocking RegulationMarketa Trimble · 2024
- 📕Geo-Blocking (Enforcement) Regulations 2018Great Britain · 2018
- 📕Teachers Guide for Geo BlocksE.S.S · 1975
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