# Bluehost (بلوهوست)

> Bluehost is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-07-25.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: In Review
- Company: [Newfold Digital](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/newfold-digital.md)
- Categories: Web Hosting
- Official site: https://www.bluehost.com
- Community votes: 8
- Last updated: 2026-07-25
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/bluehost

## About

Popular web hosting provider offering shared, VPS, and WordPress hosting plans

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. A community volunteer contacted the company in February 2026, citing the lifting of sanctions, but the only reply was an automated message directing requests to a form meant solely for terms-of-service abuse, leaving no working channel for a compliance review. There has been no further progress.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-15 — Company Responded. Bluehost's compliance@bluehost.com replied with an automated message from the Newfold Digital Abuse Team. The auto-response states that no action will be taken unless a report is submitted through Newfold's central abuse reporting form at newfold.com/abuse. However, this form is designed exclusively for reporting Terms of Service violations and has no option for sanctions compliance or legal matters. The email also states that replies will not be answered. This channel appears to be a dead end for compliance review requests — alternative contact methods may be needed to reach Newfold's legal team directly. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/te4f1meqq96onxcjly1cvobf/shhzyjukwqa6q95vy266hhbx-screenshot-2026-02-15-103424.png)
- 2026-02-15 — Contacted Company. Outreach email sent to Bluehost at compliance@bluehost.com, legal@newfold.com, and tos@bluehost.com requesting a formal compliance review to restore web hosting and domain registration services for users in Syria. The email referenced the December 2025 OFAC sanctions repeal and EU sanctions lift with supporting documentation attached, and highlighted that platforms like GitHub and Meta have already adjusted their compliance filters.

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/bluehost?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/bluehost/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/bluehost
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/bluehost.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/bluehost.md