Youtube Unblocked in Pakistan After US Judge Orders Offensive Video Removed

[Levina]

I dunno, but my Pakistani bros seems happy for this development but Indians came and butted in...again.

Nope!!!
We congratulated 'em.
You know, we Indians and Pakistanis 've this thing about us that we can't congratulate each other without a taunt. We like it that way. Lol
But its a harmless way of having fun.
I'm glad that youtube has been unblocked in Pakistan because I know how it feels when our liberties 're chopped off by the govt. ostensibly for some petty reasons.
There 've been so many instances when I had posted videos from youtube on pdf which I genuinely wanted my pakistani frens to watch but they could not watch it as Youtube was blocked.
@Leader & @Marshmallow dont use proxies.

 

[Force-India]

I dunno, but my Pakistani bros seems happy for this development but Indians came and butted in...again.

I wonder why you are bitter towards Indians

 

[Levina]

I wonder why you are bitter towards Indians

Infact I've seen only one turkish member here who views Indian member's posts skeptically, @Sinan .
We 're not that bad Sinan.

 

[-SINAN-]

Infact I've seen only one turkish member here who views Indian member's posts skeptically, @Sinan .
We 're not that bad Sinan.

Well...of course you are not all bad.

 

[OrionHunter]

Now start making pro Pakistani content for Youtube. It has been invaded by Indians.

Too late! We already own You Tube!

Now you guys will have the privilege of watching stuff that you never imagined!!
Cheers and welcome to the club!

 

[Cheetah786]

Their aren't any Adults in Pakistan, so big Dady must protect us all from the Evil YouTube.

 

[CENTCOM]

So I am getting that it's still blocked? What alternative video streaming channel is used in Pakistan besides Vimeo and Daily Motion ?

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[captainvancouver]

YouTube Now Working In Pakistan [SCREENSHOTS]

YouTube, the video-sharing network owned by Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has been banned in Pakistan since September 2012 after the search engine giant refused to take down the movie Innocence of Muslims.

The movie was considered blasphemous and insulting to the Prophet Muhammad, and ignited international protests. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Google to remove the video from YouTube. Given the court’s order, Pakistan has no more reason to continue to block the video-sharing site.

Since the censorship of YouTube, the Pakistani government received a growing demand to lift the ban on the service. There had been several occasion when the country’s officials stated that the government would lift the ban soon.

On August 2013, Pakistan’s officials indicated that the government will soon lift its ban on YouTube. Its plan was toprovide users with limited access on the site by putting a URL blocker to monitor sensitive issues that could hurt local sentiments. That report did not happen.



Again on March 4, 2014, the chairman of Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) announced that it will soon remove the ban on YouTube. In fact, the agency was considering to lift the restriction the following Monday (March 10). As expected, YouTube was still blocked for months.

Reason why Pakistan continues to ban YouTube
Earlier this month, a Pakistani official stated that YouTube will remained blocked indefinitely citing the reason that experts failed to find measures to filter content that are considered blasphemous and offensive.

Pakistan’s Minister of Anusha Rehman stated, “[The] matter was reviewed several times but the situation effectively remains the same.”

Another senior government official emphasized that Pakistan does not want to take any chances and wants to ensure that no offensive content would remain view-able in the country after unblocking YouTube.

“So far no tool or solution has been found which can totally block offensive content, that is why YouTube remains blocked and it will remain so indefinitely,” according to the official.

Pakistan seemed lifted the ban on YouTube
Today, it appears that Pakistan found a solution to filter contents considered blasphemous or offensive. ValueWalk found that YouTube is already accessible in the country.

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) users are saying that YouTube is now working in Pakistan. Some people in the country told us that they were able to access the website without the proxies.

It is uncertain whether the ban on YouTube was temporarily or permanently lifted by the Pakistani Government. The PTA has not released any official statement regarding the matter.

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) users are saying that YouTube is now working in Pakistan. Some people in the country told us that they were able to access the website without the proxies.

It is uncertain whether the ban on YouTube was temporarily or permanently lifted by the Pakistani Government. The PTA has not released any official statement regarding the matter.

I just did a quick search on YouTube for "The Innocence Muslims"

That video is still there. :-(

 

[Leader]

Nope!!!
We congratulated 'em.
You know, we Indians and Pakistanis 've this thing about us that we can't congratulate each other without a taunt. We like it that way. Lol
But its a harmless way of having fun.
I'm glad that youtube has been unblocked in Pakistan because I know how it feels when our liberties 're chopped off by the govt. ostensibly for some petty reasons.
There 've been so many instances when I had posted videos from youtube on pdf which I genuinely wanted my pakistani frens to watch but they could not watch it as Youtube was blocked.
@Leader & @Marshmallow dont use proxies.

naaa naaaa naaaa... now I am not using proxy... I feel like I am back in the music world...but all my account favourites and videos have been deleted

p.s. where is @Marshmallow by the way?

@levina phir block hogaee

Not working for me, occasionally the blocking servers are down and it works for some time but they always end up blocking it again.

anosha rehman is the biggest witch in pmln !

cannot some hackers just destroy the blocking servers? @Jazzbot?

 

[Levina]

naaa naaaa naaaa... now I am not using proxy... I feel like I am back in the music world...but all my account favourites and videos have been deleted

p.s. where is @Marshmallow by the way?

@levina phir block hogaee



anosha rehman is the biggest witch in pmln !

cannot some hackers just destroy the blocking servers? @Jazzbot?

Who is Anosha Rehman?
And why did they block it again?
Marsha I guess is busy wid her studies.

 

[Zarvan]

Youtube is again not working I think it has been shut down once again

 

[Leader]

Who is Anosha Rehman?
And why did they block it again?
Marsha I guess is busy wid her studies.

IT minister. she is the witch who said Youtube shall remain blocked for indefinite period..

Marsha is gonna be a rich woman someday.. and then she gonna forget us all...

 

[Arya Desa]

Someone in their trailer park makes a satire about Mohammed and a country bans the whole site!

Talk about over reaction.

 

[Levina]

IT minister. she is the witch who said Youtube shall remain blocked for indefinite period..

So by her logic if she gets an infection in her knee, the knee should be chopped off. Bowdown to her!!
I hope youtube is unblobked again. But why did they unblock it for just one day??
Youtube is allowed in middle eastern countries too, with some restriction on religious stuff, the same can be done in Pakistan too. I don't understand why your government is acting so stubborn or 're they acting tough? Lol

 

[Leader]

So by her logic if she gets an infection in her knee, the knee should be chopped off. Bowdown to her!!
I hope youtube is unblobked again. But why did they unblock it for just one day??
Youtube is allowed in middle eastern countries too, with some restriction on religious stuff, the same can be done in Pakistan too. I don't understand why your government is acting so stubborn or 're they acting tough? Lol

It was basically a cover that there are some religious stuff that is harming the sentiments of muslims, the real reasons were that people started watching talk shows and other programs on youtube instead of tv, which decreased their viewership dramatically, secondly the political reasons as young generation was hitting hard by making small clips of how politicians lie to their faces and how they were changing stance.. youtube was the easier to access, play, upload, unlike others sites which are difficult to do all this.