Youtube blocked in Pakistan

[Dr. Awab Alvi]

Guys

Just in youtube seems to have been blocked in Pakistan

There are two theories one is an anti Islamic movie being uploaded - while another theory is that since yesterday a few youtube videos showing polling agents rigging the votes in karachi have been uploaded there - I have not seen it personally as I am in Peshawar punching on a blackberry - but am trying to get online so I can check them out -

Speculate away

Awab

[Badar Khushnood]

Thanks doctor sahab for the update. I also can't access it using ADSL with Multinet, Lahore.

Can network ppl confirm if it is being blocked @ PIE or was it an ISP level notice?

Thanks,
Badar.

[Badar Khushnood]

Seems like PIE Lahore is blocking it. Trace Route screen shot attached.

Any other updates?

Regards,
Badar.

[Sidrat Asim]

I can access it from wateen.

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[Jamal Ashiqain]

I cant bloody open it on Maxcom (Karachi)... I can't access them on facebook either... ERRrgh!!

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[Dr. Awab Alvi]

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Awab

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[Kyla Pasha]

I'm in teh US right now and I had a chance to look at the link that the PTA banned. It's an anti-Islam video. It runs for about four minutes, it's animated and it involves a pig called Allah shitting on the Qur'an and talking about how Muhammad (pbuh) was born. I feel that even saying these words will cause lightning bolts to fall on me, so I won't tell you anymore details. Suffice it to say that, if it ever becomes big, you can expect more riots. It's truly offensive, much more offensive than the cartoons.

Having said that, I don't understand why a) the government needs to ban this and b) why an ISP can't just block on particular video. Why does it have t block the entire domain? I didn't get it with blogpsot either. Please explain this to a tech unsavvy person.

As for the government: I saw the video, I flagged it, I reported its contents as hate speech offensive to a religious group and my guess is, it will gt taken off in a dy or two and the user banned. I feel that the private sector has and can create its own safeguards against this sort of thing. I don't think the governmnt should be involved at all.

Anyway. That's my two cents.

Kyla

[Sohaib Ahmad]

this is not pk block problem. Ur ISP has blocked the access to youtube

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Jamal Ashiqain <jama...@gmail.com> wrote:

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