Experts believe that by 2019 there will be 2.77 billion people connected to social media.

It is through services like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat that we’re able to keep up with old friends, make new like-minded connections, and organize social events. And creep on exes to see how miserable they are without us.

Now, imagine for a moment that all of that was suddenly taken away. That’s precisely what some governments around the world are looking to do by banning social media services within their borders.

But how do they do this? Why? And what countries are blocking social media websites?