This week my course is discussing the social media usage on an international level. When I first read the week's discussion topic, I began to think back to my personal travels and restrictions I had using social media.
China is the only country that I have visited with memorable social media restrictions. When I traveled back in 2013, I recall attempting to log into Facebook and being unsuccessful. I also struggled with accessing my email while traveling through China.
Traveling China was the beginning of my annual international trips, so the feeling of not being able to communicate with family back home was unnerving at the time. In the end, I gained a better appreciation for being unplugged.
On the flip side to social media restrictions while traveling, more recently when I traveled to Iceland, I remember using social media platforms to discover new places to visit and explore while in country.
It is interesting to consider and notice the varying countries censorship or restrictions to internet use. In the future, I will probably be more self aware while traveling.
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