Youtube blocked in Pakistan

If it is true, one of the reasons can be Aitazaz Ahsan’s Geo interview, which is taking Pakistan by storm

It has nothing to do with the Geo interview..it’s the video mentioned in the link. It’s very offensive and utter crap. Geert Wilders is known to speak against Islam and Quran and has actually won a legislative post due to his anti-Islamic campaign.

The government really needs to get its head out of the gutter. This is the 21st century, and if they do not understand that censorship is history, then they need to be history.

I think the censorship is likely due to the MQM rigging video up on youtube ….they were always part of Mushi’s orgy.

Yeah. I already wrote about this on my blog though the political aspect is new to me.

[...] extract from an email posted at Awab Alvi’s blog: Dear Valued [...]

[...] exactly don’t know what’s the actual reason but yaar log says that there were some videos published on Youtube which were singing praises of free and fair [...]

I hardly believe it’s due to the blasphemous movie. Govt ka deen se kia leyna deyna. Rigging could be the main issue. If not then wait for a while since out 3 or 4 only one movie is left on youtube. if they don’t lift the ban after removal of those movies then it must be a political issue.

^ Someone is forgetting the reason for the blogspot ban. After all, DBTB campaign was launched by Awab.

I just saw half of the video and safely turned it off knowing there isnt much worthy content afterwards. however, the video has actually boosted me so much to work more for our Muslim World, if we stand tall, they wont dare to even meet our eyes…

Keep up the good work ur doing here, this is the way to revive….

I wish I could have viewed the ‘blasphemous’ link to form an opinion. Still, banning YouTube altogether takes us nowhere…

so what i the point of blocking the blasphemous video??

all sorts of porn is available on the net for the muslims in Pakistan to watch….but the blasphemous video should be blocked…. what a crock

Well….I find http://www.vidpk.com a nice alternative. Hopefully that wont get blocked either.

[...] background, see: http://www.teeth.com.pk/blog/2008/02/22/youtube-blocked-in-pakistan/ [...]

even if it is due to any reason ..youtube must be blocked for not taking an appropriate action. period.

Try – http://www.vidsea.com

VidSea is a Video Search Engine I developed back in 2006. You can even download Youtube videos through Vidsea and then play it either in VLC Player or FLV Player (download from http://www.download.com).

Hope this helps while YouTube gets back online :)

who ever has done this shit plz remove it becauz we need youtube terribly…..plz unblock youtube because i am having a great deal of problems

[...] Teeth Maestro posts the message sent out by ISP’s to customers. “The site would remain blocked till further orders from PTA. Meanwhile, Internet users can write to youtube.com to remove the objectionable web content/movies because this removal would enable the authorities to order un-blocking of this web site.” [...]

Well…you don’t need to post an example of a blasphemous/anti-Islamic video…..there are thousands of them up already!! What about the foreign TV channels…do you think their content is entirely Halal? No…everyone knows they are doing it to hide MQM’s rigging. It’s funny how MQM itself has HUNDREDS of anti-Imran Khan videos and they are trying to block the medium itself.

Mobile phone cameras can be mis-used in many ways, but one good thing about them is that ordinary people can catch illegal activities, etc and post them anonymously.

[...] all Internet users in Pakistan were up in arms protesting the sudden censorship of the entire Youtube.com domain. A number of theories circulated which ranged from vote rigging videos to the cartoon video [...]

[...] all Internet users in Pakistan were up in arms protesting the sudden censorship of the entire Youtube.com domain. A number of theories circulated which ranged from vote rigging videos to the cartoon video [...]

[...] Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed (see above) the country’s ISPs to block access to the videos sharing website YouTube for allegedly featuring a blasphemous [...]

[...] Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed the countrys ISPs to block access to the videos sharing website YouTube for allegedly featuring a blasphemous [...]

Pakistan & YouTube…

I’ve updated blockpage.com with a screen capture from an ISP in Pakistan from the Don’t Block the Blog Campaign. As noted, since most ISPs route through the Pakistan Internet Exchange which only blocks IP addresses, many users in Pakistan …

the video is removed from youtube

The above mentioned video in the post has been removed “due to terms of use violation.”

You can also confirm this via: http://www.sticklive.com or http://www.youhide.com

Thank you Google & YouTube team!

[...] from the youtube servers for violating the Terms and conditions of Youtube, this video had been the cause of censorship of the entire youtube domain in Pakistan as enforced by the Pakistan Telecommunication [...]

Can anyone find out when was that banned video added on YouTube?
Because if it was added like around a month ago then the ban is clearly due to poll rigging videos otherwise PTA would have banned it earlier.

There is a plethora of websites (I’m not going to paste links here) out there which use explicit language against Quran and The Holy Prophet (SAW). Have articles that preach the total annihilation of Muslims etc. They were never blocked by our government and YouTube was, go figure!

A word regarding the anti-Islamic web content; I believe the people who put up such content are looking for a reaction from Muslims and when we give them the pleasure of reacting, they mock us for our “sensitivity”, “medieval beliefs” and “volatile natures” (case in point: the violent protests in Pakistan against the cartoons published by the Danish newspaper). These people are just bullies who are abusing the right of free speech and expression because they know no one can touch them.

What can and should we do about it? Maybe we should stop giving them the satisfaction of our reactions and they’ll stop?

its no big loss right for both pakistan and youtube. most of pakistanis are illiterate and youtube is not gonna suffer any losses if pakistanis dont see it. maybe you should block google n other search engines too. lots of blasphemous stuff there. google ‘muhammad cartoon’ under image search and u’ll see thousands of results. or instead just ban the internet for good in pakistan. its better for islam and the world.

[...] Youtube blocked in Pakistan | Teeth Maestro They were never blocked by our government and YouTube was, go figure! A word regarding the anti-Islamic web content; I believe the people who put up such [...]

I already wrote about this on my blog though the political aspect is new to me.

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