Video: Skype is no longer available in UAE

The popular internet video calling service Skype has been banned in the United Arab Emirates in an act of censorship that forms one part of a much wider crackdown on freedom of speech and assembly in the country.

This constitutes a much a wider clampdown on VoIP calling services in the country. In recent years, Emirati authorities have banned call features on WhatsApp, Facebook, Viber and Snapchat.