Facebook & Youtube Banned

['Abiratu Sabil]

Pakistan Follows Facebook Ban With YouTube Ban

By: Madison Gray
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/05/20/pakistan-follows-facebook-ban-with-youtube-ban/#ixzz0oYPqsSIk

In its wise knowledge of all things Web, the Pakistani government is continuting to go that extra mile to protect its citizens from “blasphemous” content.

That means Pakistanis won’t have to worry about the latest viral videos on YouTube because officials at the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority have indefinitely blocked the video sharing website on the grounds that depictions of the prophet Muhammad, considered offensive in Islamic culture, would turn up on the site. This comes just a day after the PTA banned social networking website Facebook for basically the same reason.

In 2007, Pakistan issued a ban for what it considered “un-islamic” videos at the time, but lifted it in early 2008. Now the agency, taking a fresh look at the site, has decided that the content is just too blasphemous for Pakistani eyes. But PTA officials say they did try to find loopholes.

“Before shutting down (YouTube), we did try just to block particular URLs or links, and access to 450 links on the Internet were stopped, but the blasphemous content kept appearing so we ordered a total shut down,” spokesman Khurram Ali Mehran told Reuters news service.

Pakistan may reserve the right to block whatever website they see fit to block, they may want to aproach it with a bit more technical care. According to Techdirt, the last time they did it, the Internet service provider PCCW, which services several Asian nations pulled the plug on YouTube in Pakistan and blocked it in those other countries as well. That move started a chain reaction that essentially knocked Pakistan off the Internet completely.

[Usud Al-Harb]

There's still dailymotion for them

[NavPak.]

Pakistani government

hmm.. I heard it wasn't the pakistani government who did it.

[AbdulQader]

It was a group of laywers who won the case to have them banned till the end of May 2010. Sorry about not having a source, I'm pretty sure that's what I read somewhere else.

It's amazing how some gloomy hearts would overflow with light if they were to truly contemplate and sincerely analyse who Mohammad (sala Allahu alayhi wassalam) really was.

[walla]

Muhammad Facebook page removed

May 22, 2010 - 2:55PM

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Facebook said on Friday it had not taken any action on the page, which had attracted more than 100,000 users and encouraged users to post images of the prophet Muhammad, purportedly in support of freedom of speech.

Most Muslims regard any depiction of the prophet, even favourable ones, as blasphemous.

Najibullah Malik, the secretary at Pakistan's information technology ministry, said earlier on Friday the government had no option but to shut down Facebook on Wednesday after a court order to do so.

"We know some people are suffering because of this blockade but we have to obey the court order in letter and spirit," Malik said.

Pakistan said it would consider restoring Facebook and other sites with related content only if they took down pages considered offensive to Islam.

There was no immediate word on whether the government was lifting the ban.
The Facebook page, called "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!," had declared Thursday as the day to draw Muhammad, so it was possible the creator took it down Friday because the page had served its purpose.

The page encouraged users to post images of the prophet in protest against threats made by a radical Muslim group against the creators of the American TV series South Park for depicting Muhammad in a bear suit during an episode earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris, whose satirical cartoon calling for an "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" inspired the Facebook page, said in a post on her website that she meant her work only to be a commentary on the South Park controversy.

"I made a cartoon about the television show South Park being censored," she wrote. "I never started a Facebook page. I apologise to people of Muslim faith and ask that this 'day' be called off."

Other sites have also been affected in the country as officials scramble to block content related to the Facebook page. Wikipedia's English-language site and the Flickr photo-sharing site were also sporadically unavailable on Friday.

It was not the first time depictions of the prophet have angered Muslims. In 2005, cartoons of Muhammad appeared in a Danish newspaper, sparking protests and riots from Muslims around the world, including in Pakistan, where the protests turned violent.

Several rallies have been held against Facebook in recent days.

Others - mostly members of the more secular, educated elite - accused the government of blocking freedom of expression and hurting small businesses that use Facebook for marketing. Many questioned need for the entire Facebook and YouTube sites to be blocked, instead of individual pages.



http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/muhammad-facebook-page-removed-20100522-w2j8.html

[Abu Abouk(GS4L)]

SubhnAllah it truly does show the zeal that this ummah has for its deen

[Abu Muhammad]

SubhnAllah it truly does show the zeal that this ummah has for its deen
True... but there is alot we need to get through... together Insha'Allah. There is a storm coming. Either we stay indoors and get noting done or we bear it. For Usud: :gun::gun::gun::gun:

[Usud Al-Harb]

True... but there is alot we need to get through... together Insha'Allah. There is a storm coming. Either we stay indoors and get noting done or we bear it. For Usud: :gun::gun::gun::gun:

InshAllah all of us can go on the battlefields!!! For Youcef :gun::gun::gun::gun:
:hi 5:

[Abu Muhammad]

InshAllah all of us can go on the battlefields!!! For Youcef :gun::gun::gun::gun:
:hi 5:
Insha'Allah.. soon. Who ever would not like to go has something wrong with them...

:hi 5: For Usud: :gun::gun::gun::gun::gun::gun::gun::gun::gun::gun: :gun: :hi 5: (and :hijab:)

[Usud Al-Harb]

Insha'Allah.. soon. Who ever would not like to go has something wrong with them...

:hi 5: For Usud: :gun::gun::gun::gun::gun::gun::gun::gun::gun::gun: :gun: :hi 5: (and :hijab:)

hahahaha Allah Barik Fik Bro xoxo :gun:

[Abu Muhammad]

Whats xoxo?

[liquidpapers]

Kisses and hugs.

[Abu Muhammad]

ohhh... so sweet.

[NavPak.]

.bl. /laugh

[Abu Muhammad]

What?

[Abu Abouk(GS4L)]

Salams

Please get back to topic and keep this thread serious

[Usud Al-Harb]

Kisses and hugs.

xoxoxoxo :D