Pakistan blocked You Tube, 450 links in the countryside

Pakistan, home to half of the largest Muslim population in the world, blocked Google Inc. service YouTube and over 450 web links and the government has increased the crackdown on the Internet material deemed blasphemous.
Sites were blocked because of the increased level of profanity and derogatory material, the basis of Islamabad, Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said in a news release today. The regulator, which makes access to the site Inc. closed yesterday Facebook, other sites to block blasphemous content, "said Khurram Mehran, spokesman of the regulator.
Pakistan escalating campaign of online censorship after a Facebook user to create a page with an invitation to other cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, considered by Muslims as blasphemous act of drawing. Demonstrators gathered in Karachi waving banners and chanting slogans against Facebook and text messages circulated yesterday to ask users of the site in Pakistan to support the ban.
"The attitude of administrators on Facebook and YouTube is in violation of resolutions of the WSIS and its own stated policy on the web for the general public," said Mehran in the statement, referring to the World Summit on the Society Information adopted by the United Nations. "PTA would like to see the competent authorities of Facebook and YouTube to communicate with the PTA to resolve the problem."
Blackberry Browsers
Google looks at the issue and working to ensure its YouTube service is restored, the Mountain View, California, the company said in an e-mail. Agency Facebook not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.
The regulator has also blocked Internet browsers on Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry phones, Mehran, said today.
A Facebook user to set up a page called "All Day Draw Mohammed", inviting others into a representation "creative and funny Muhammad sent May 20, according to the site.
"We just want the extremists to threaten people because of their images Muhammad evil we're not afraid to show them," according to the description page of Facebook. "They can not leave our right to freedom of expression, trying to scare us to silence."
Pakistan has an effective plan for the anti-Islam to avoid "hurting the feelings of Muslims", state-run Associated Press of Pakistan quoted Religious Affairs Saeed Kazmi Islamabad naturally. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Kazmi at a meeting of Islamic countries to formulate a common policy to deal with the anti-Islamic to do, APA.
Court Ban
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Facebook blocked after the Lahore High Court to prohibit the Department of Information Technology, she charged, according to Mehran.
Now, stop in the Constitution of Pakistan and is an expansion of the order of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Government's policies, "said Mehran. The controller has a number of phone calls for regulatory sites with offensive content knowledge, the statement said.
Caricatures of Muhammad in a Danish newspaper in 2005 led to protests from the Muslim community around the world include
Blackberry Browsers
Google looks at the issue and working to ensure its YouTube service is restored, the Mountain View, California, the company said in an e-mail. Agency Facebook not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.
The regulator has also blocked Internet browsers on Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry phones, Mehran, said today.
A Facebook user to set up a page called "All Day Draw Mohammed" and others calling for a creative and humorous representation of Muhammad sent May 20, according to the site.
"We just want the extremists who threaten people because of their images Muhammad evil we're not afraid to show them," according to the description page of Facebook. "They can not leave our right to freedom of expression, trying to scare us to silence."
Pakistan has an effective plan for the anti-Islam to avoid "hurting the feelings of Muslims", state-run Associated Press of Pakistan quoted Religious Affairs Saeed Kazmi Islamabad naturally. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Kazmi at a meeting of Islamic countries to formulate a common policy to deal with the anti-Islamic to do, APA.
Court ban
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Facebook blocked after the Lahore High Court to prohibit the Department of Information Technology, she charged, according to Mehran.
Today, stop in the Constitution of Pakistan and is an extension of orders by the High Court of Pakistan and the Government's policies, "said Mehran. The controller has a number of phone calls for regulatory sites with offensive content knowledge, the statement said.
Caricatures of Muhammad in a Danish newspaper in 2005 led to protests from the Muslim community around the world, including Pakistan. The cartoons, one of the prophet with a bomb in his turban and accompanied by an article on freedom of expression and self-censorship in the media.
Pakistan Internet traffic has dropped 25 percent after two sites are blocked, CNBC Pakistan reported, without citing anyone.
Pakistan ng. The cartoons, one of the prophet with a bomb inside his turban and accompanied an article on freedom of expression and self censorship in media.
Pakistan Internet traffic has dropped 25 percent after two sites are blocked, CNBC Pakistan reported, without citing anyone.