Pakistan Blocks YouTube

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[quote="BBC News"][size=18]Pakistan blocks YouTube website[/size]

Pakistan has blocked access to the popular YouTube website because of content deemed offensive to Islam.

Its telecommunications authority ordered internet service providers to block the site until further notice.

Reports said the content included Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that have outraged many.

But one report said a trailer for a forthcoming film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, which portrays Islam in a negative light, was behind the ban.

"They asked us to ban it immediately... and the order says the ban will continue until further notice," said Wahaj-us-Siraj, convener of the Association of Pakistan Internet Service Providers.

"Users are quite upset. They're screaming at ISPs which can't do anything.

"The government has valid reason for that, but they have to find a better way of doing it. If we continue blocking popular websites, people will stop using the internet."

Other countries that have temporarily blocked access to YouTube include Turkey and Thailand.

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7261727.stm]BBC News[/url][/quote]

Take that Internet!

(It feels like a Soviet Russia joke is coming on...)

In Soviet Russia, YouTube blocks the internet!

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Ya'qub — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 - 17:13

Do they realise that there are many websites that host videos?

Seems like a waste of time to me.

Beast (really) (not verified) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 - 19:37

There's no real gov in Pakistan at the moment. There's no-one around to tell stooges appointed to state bodies what to do. So people who head up and oversee things like Pakistan Telecom are sitting around twiddling their thumbs.

To pass the time someone suggested banning YouTube. Everyone though it was a good idea and would be a good laugh. But because these people were appointed to their positions because of who their mates are and not because of their experience or expertise they bungled the whole thing up and caused a global YouTube meltdown.