How to Watch or View Restricted, Flagged and Not Available Videos in YouTube

The emergence of YouTube has created a new era in the media industry whereby it provides a free platform for users to share their stories, deliver their ideologies, showcase their talents, etc. However, some of the inappropriate contents have also created dispute between Youtube and the government in some countries. Some countries have actually banned or denied access to this online video due to the video contents which have violated the country’s policies such as homosexuality, politics, etc.

For instance, Thailand telecom authorities has blocked YouTube from the country last year because the online video site offered a 44-second slide show containing defaced photos of the country’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Other countries such as Turkey and Indonesia have also banned YouTube before. To avoid the unnecessary dispute which might arise in some countries, YouTube has actually restricted users from the particular countries to access some videos which might contain inappropriate contents disallowed in those countries. Besides that, another reason YouTube banned the access to these video is related to the global distribution rights. Users who try to access these video will be notified with a message stating that “This video is not available in your country”.

What can you do in the event the video that you want to watch is denied access? Well, there is a small trick here perhaps you can try. If you are denied access to a video, say, under this url,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGjmpabc

What you can do is replace the above url with the following:
http://www.youtube.com/v/HGjmpabc

Generally, you just remove the “watch?” and replace the “=” symbol with “/”. This trick also works if you see this familiar notice:

This video or group may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube’s user community.

By clicking “Confirm”, you are agreeing that all videos or groups flagged by the YouTube community will be viewable by this account.



7 Responses to “How to Watch or View Restricted, Flagged and Not Available Videos in YouTube”

  1. Jonathan
    September 4th, 2009 07:46
    7

    It works for me…..

  2. jessa
    April 16th, 2009 20:17
    6

    i followed everything but it says that embedding disabled and it can’t seem to play.

  3. Phil Dunnery
    November 30th, 2008 21:49
    5

    I want to watch a family video created by my son . I am in Africa working and the video was created in the US . How can I change the URL when there is no URL shown ? only “this video not available in your country ” I have the video in my You tube favorites but no URL .

  4. Unknown
    October 21st, 2008 14:08
    4

    Tried it earlier today, but no effect. Thanks anyway.

  5. asar
    October 7th, 2008 22:50
    3

    Thanks alot it actually works……………..yipee!!!

  6. Автор
    May 9th, 2008 16:47
    2

    Thanks but it doesn’t work

  7. Salman
    April 19th, 2008 15:02
    1

    it’s works.
    thank you.

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