UAE & the internet

UAE restricts access to the internet - I guess through the fact that there is a monopoly isp/broadband provision through Etisalat....... (If someone who really knows how it works, could explain in the comments below, I would be grateful)
The rules I found so far are these, I do not know whether it is a draconian versus other Countries in the World and have thus far only bumped into the limit twice:
Unsurprisingly the Theo Spark blogspot is blocked - I do enjoy the rants but I guess some of the pictures are definitely bit "risque" for a Muslim County.
More surprisingly until you read the rules) the IG index site is blocked and all I wanted to do was to follow oil & gasoline futures.......