Facebook as a social networking giant has over 1.23 billion users.
However, there are still political leaders around the world who don’t want their country to have access to the site.
There are those who have banned it in the past amid fears it could be used to organise political rallies.
According to Index on Censorship, in North Korea, although a new 3G network is available to foreign visitors, for the majority of the population the internet is off limits.
In Iran, Facebook was initially banned in the country after the 2009 election amid fears that opposition movements were being organised via the website.
