In Qatar, it is illegal to criticize the ruling family, for example. It is also illegal to promote methods of circumventing the various internet laws, such as VPNs. Sites that are perceived to fall foul of this, get blocked. It is very irritating; I got in the habit of using Tor for everything.

The block looks like this: https://dohanews.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/qatar-block.p...