PM orders immediate shutdown of Youtube services

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PM orders immediate shutdown of Youtube services | DAWN.COM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minsiter Raja Pervez Ashraf has ordered immediate shutdown of video-sharing website Youtube in the aftermath of protests against anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims,” which is still available on the website, DawnNews reported on Monday.

In a directive issued to the Ministry of Information Technology, the PM stated that the decision was taken after Youtube decided against removing the film and the shutdown will remain effective until the website removes all content from the sacrilegious film.

In a statement released last week, Youtube said it would not remove the film as it does not violate its terms of use, despite pressure from the White House to review its decision.

At the filing of this report (2045PST) the website still remained accessible in Pakistan.

Protests against the film have broken out all across the Muslim world and have spread over Pakistan in the last few days, with one person being killed in violent protests on Monday.

While Youtube has not removed the controversial clip, it has blocked access to it in countries where violent protests have remained unabated. These include Libya, Egypt and most recently, India and Indonesdia.

YouTube cited “the very sensitive situations” in those two countries.

In its Friday statement, YouTube said that outside of Libya, Egypt, India and Indonesia, the video will remain on its website.

“We work hard to create a community everyone can enjoy and which also enables people to express different opinions,” the YouTube statement said.

“This can be a challenge because what’s OK in one country can be offensive elsewhere. This video – which is widely available on the web – is clearly within our guidelines and so will stay on YouTube. However, we’ve restricted access to it in countries where it is illegal such as India and Indonesia as well as in Libya and Egypt, given the very sensitive situations in these two countries. This approach is entirely consistent with principles we first laid out in 2007.”

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I came here to post the same. But my understanding was that it was not the youtube itself but the links to all the clips for the particular video.

I say a very good decision :k:

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Good decision. Its better protest than burning countries infrastructure and killing fellow Muslims of your country.

For Youtube authorities: The policies can be changed according to the requirements and sentiments of a big group of people. Freedom of expression doesn't mean you instigate people on sensitive issues.

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^^^ You think people actually saw the video they were protesting about? They were protesting b/c they have nothing better to do. Btw, why not just banned the internet? After all, as long as there is internet you can always access the video.

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Sorry wrong thread

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I think everyone is getting it wrong including Hillary Clinton. There is a difference between Freedom of Speech and Hate Speech. The movie represents Hate Speech just as Anti-Semitism or denial of Holocost is considered Hate Crimes. Surely, they have found ways to shut people on these, they can very well ban the video for it being hate mongerer.

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will Youtube behave same and chant for so called freedom of expression if a propaganda film is uploaded against Holocaust theory? No. They just target Muslims sentiments and in response Muslims show an unchannelised response to such efforts.

Do the makers of film and their countries can justify that they didn't target Muslim sentiments through this movie?

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I guess YouTube has already blocked the clips.

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Blocked in certain countries. But the people who want to play with Muslims sentiments, upload again and again with different names

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There is plenty of holocaust denial stuff on the youtube.

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No. They just target Muslims sentiments and in response Muslims show an unchannelised response to such efforts.

Do the makers of film and their countries can justify that they didn't target Muslim sentiments through this movie?
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Why should non-Muslims care about religious beliefs of Muslims? And burning down your own country should teach those non-Muslims a good lesson. I see nothing wrong with that kind of thinking.

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who said to burn out your own country in protest? Its the height of nonsense IMO. But banning sites which promote such material is the better way of protest as I said earlier.

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Can anyone confirm that youtube is blocked in pakistan?
is it just youtube or all the google services?

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youtube gone. google working

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use proxy server. masla hal.

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Really? Could you share some video that mocks/denies holocaust esp in insulting way?

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Thanks for the info. i just saw geo etc updating their youtube accounts so i thought it was still working.

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I think they are updating their accounts from other countries like Bangkok and UAE. It was blocked 2 hours ago in Pakistan

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:jazak: STA :hoonh:

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ban double sawari, ban youtube...problem SOLVED! :)

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:hat: