 The video was immediately banned in eleven countries due to its overtly sexual content . It was " flagged for content " by users on YouTube , which restricts access to its users under the age of 18 . Rihanna responded to the news via Twitter , writing , " They watched ' Umbrella ' ... I was full nude " . An unrestricted version of the video was later uploaded to Rihanna 's official website . Melina Matsoukas responded to the news in an interview with MTV News , stating : " When I go out to make something , I kind of go out with the intention to get it banned – [ well ] not to get it banned ... but to make something provocative ... it 's making an effect and people are having a dialogue about it , so , to me , that 's successful . " 
