# NotebookLM (نوت بوك إل إم)

> NotebookLM is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Google](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/google.md)
- Categories: AI Assistants, Academic Resources, AI Voice & Music, AI Writing, Note-taking
- Official site: https://notebooklm.google
- Community votes: 177
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/notebooklm

## About

AI-powered research tool for summarizing and conversing with uploaded documents

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, verified by community testing in February 2026, which showed a geo-restriction error blocking notebook creation and access. A community volunteer contacted support in March 2026, and the team named NotebookLM in an official follow-up to Google's compliance team later that month. No resolution has followed.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Follow-up Sent. Official follow-up email sent from corporateaffairs@unblocksyria.com to google-cloud-compliance@google.com. NotebookLM was explicitly named alongside Google Gemini and Google AI Studio as blocked services requiring review. The email argued that 13 Google services are already accessible in Syria and that a single corporate-level compliance review could resolve access across all affected products.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-14 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer contacted Google NotebookLM's support using the Unblock Syria email template and supporting documentation to request that access be restored for users in Syria. The volunteer reported receiving a response from NotebookLM, which was forwarded to corporateaffairs@unblocksyria.com as an attached screenshot. The response content is not available in the email text.
- 2026-02-12 — Verified. Community verification via DSL: NotebookLM remains blocked from Syria. Creating new notebooks and adding PDF files fails. Accessing existing notebooks and sending messages displays a geo-restriction error indicating the user's location is blocked. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/u81k1rwidib323kg7w89gprh/t0kaj12ko5552x9vtux8jekt-photo-2026-02-12-22-57-22.jpg, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/azo0nbhgy2prslbjnym8wc2u/qsog5kgvamapw03gdz3p63bc-photo-2026-02-12-22-57-25.jpg)

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