Just one day after blocking access to Facebook, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority on Thursday ordered that country's Internet Service Providers to also block YouTube. The PTA says it has blocked the Google-owned video upload site for "growing sacrilegious content," according to the BBC.
The move to block YouTube appears to be part of a larger crackdown against online content the Pakistani government finds objectionable. In addition to YouTube, there are reports that Wikipedia and Yahoo-owned Flickr have also been blocked.
Facebook Block
The move to block YouTube and other sites follows Wednesday's decision by the PTA to have Pakistani ISP's block Facebook until "further orders ," in compliance with a court order. The Facebook block was in reaction to a page on the social network called "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day! " The page encourages people across the world to create an image of the Prophet Muhammad on Thursday, May 20 as a stand against censorship and threats from Muslim extremists.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/196764/
The move to block YouTube appears to be part of a larger crackdown against online content the Pakistani government finds objectionable. In addition to YouTube, there are reports that Wikipedia and Yahoo-owned Flickr have also been blocked.
Facebook Block
The move to block YouTube and other sites follows Wednesday's decision by the PTA to have Pakistani ISP's block Facebook until "further orders ," in compliance with a court order. The Facebook block was in reaction to a page on the social network called "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day! " The page encourages people across the world to create an image of the Prophet Muhammad on Thursday, May 20 as a stand against censorship and threats from Muslim extremists.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/196764/