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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Raja Rental did something good for once

the youtube statement is hypocrisy at its best LOL

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I ask Pakistani protesters,

Where is your protest against the unavailable SAFTEY measures in the factories where 200 odd of your fellow Muslims and fellow countrymen were burnt alive?
Instead of indulging damage upon the properties of other people (that you will be held responsible for in the court of Allah), how about all of you chip in Rs 100 each and create a fund for the families of those who lost their lives in factory fires? Baysharmo aur bay aqlon Kay tatton mein intna tou pani Nahi hoga???

And what's the point of blocking YouTube? The video could be available from various other sources. There shouldn't be a need to block the video, instead these idiotic protesters should have a little inner pride and ghairut of REFUSING to watch it even if a million dollars is paid to them.

What one issue has to do with other? This is the problem now whats wrong with blocking youtube, u don't want to have them protest, you don't want to do anything basically. you have problem with everything mate. You want to just bend over

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youtube...nahi to vimeo, vimeo nai to dailymotion...kya kya band karo gay....why would conceivably 'good' muslims want to watch this video anyway jab maaloom hai kai ghalazat hai to phir kyun us main ghusain gay log?

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SPARTANSSSS!!!!!! EAT HEARTY, FOR TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELLLLLLLL!!!!!
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people on my facebook calling for the banning of google and for facebook... while they are ON facebook...

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Facebook should be banned "foreva evva" so girls get back to their usual tasks of cooking and cleaning. It seems that desi husbands here know about the same or even more than today's bahus..

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here is a shocking concept for everyone. brace yourselves, this is revolutionary. i mean it will blow your mind.

if you are offended by the video...........THEN DON'T EFFING WATCH IT!!!

wowwwwww so simple!!

oh my bad, i forgot pakistanis were not ready for such complicated concepts. yes much better to ban youtube (even though there are a million other video sites that will have the same video but you know, its the gesture that counts)

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Hear hear

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Jahil log..

Whoaa indian troll, who the heck u calling jahil, tumhare india main is se bare bare karname they also blocking youtube links and u coming here to call paksitanis jahil? Recently sedition charges against cartonist and u have balls to call us jahil? Man go suck on some banya dhoti before calling us jahil, stupid indian.

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Whoever bans youtube/google regardless of ethnicity, nationality cause they're offended by the video...

You make ridiculous assumptions that I could care about whether it is Pakistani, Indian, American, British, Chinese, Saudi..

I couldn't give 2 shits.

I'm the least nationalistic person out there and India is a country filled with illiterate, intolerant people....
The ban on the Satanic Verses more than established that.

Thank you! Nationalism is the most deadly disease plaguing the minds of people...

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Talking about yourself??

Good move by the govt. If the outside world won't curb in. Then you have to straighten your own house.