Pakistan
has unblocked access to YouTube after Google launched a local version of the
video sharing platform. The site had been suspended for hosting
"blasphemous" content.
Deutsche Welle, 18 January 2016
YouTube is
once again available in Pakistan, officials announced on Monday. The move came
after Google - which owns the video-sharing site - launched a region-specific
version which filters out content the government deems offensive.
"Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Monday directed the Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) to unblock YouTube with immediate effect," a senior
government official told news agency AFP.
"The
ban has been lifted after Google launched a country-specific version in which
it would be possible to block blasphemous and offensive content," the official
said.
Under the
new arrangement, the PTA may now directly appeal to YouTube to remove content
that it deems "offensive."
"Google
has provided an online web process through which requests for blocking access
of the offending material can be made by PTA to Google directly and
Google/YouTube will accordingly restrict access to the said offending material
for users within Pakistan," Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology
and Telecom said in a statement.
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| A user in Pakistan browses Youtube on his mobile phone |
Blocked for
blasphemy
The
Pakistani Supreme Court ordered a ban on YouTube in 2012 after the short movie,the "Innocence of Muslims," was uploaded.
The US-made
film portrayed the Prophet Mohammed as a rowdy deviant, triggering violent
protests across the Muslim world. In Pakistan, 20 people died during
demonstrations against the film.
As Internet access spreads throughout the majority-Muslim country, Pakistan has blocked
thousands of websites which contain offensive or undesirable content over the
last few years. Activists have criticized these blocks, saying that the
government often decides to shut down critical or liberal voices.
rs/kms (AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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