Pakistan blocks YouTube over anti-Islam film

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08 Oct, 2012, 6:07 pm IST | by tech2 News Staff | General

Citing objectionable content, Pakistani authorities have blocked user access to about 20,000 websites, including YouTube. The objectionable content hosted on the blocked websites includes footage from the anti-Islam movie ‘Innocence of Muslims’.

 

In his statement to PTI, an official of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority stated that user access was blocked to about 20,000 websites following a court order. A sessions court in Lahore, reportedly ordered the registration of a case against the PTA Chairman for the organisation’s failure to block footage from the anti-Islam film on the Internet. “The PTA has not only blocked websites featuring the anti-Islam film but thousands of others with objectionable material,” added the official further.

Keeping the Internet free of hateful content (Image credit: Getty Images

Websites blocked over hateful content (Image credit: Getty Images)

The official added that it is unlikely that the ban on YouTube will be lifted anytime soon. “The ban on YouTube will continue as long as it does not remove the blasphemous film. Pakistan can take no chances on lifting the ban as people are not ready to accept this film,” he added.  He went on to assert that if YouTube continues to carry the objectionable video, the ban will continue for “an indefinite period”.

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