The YouTube block Pakistan adjourned - great news

The YouTube block Pakistan adjourned - great news -

block YouTube in Pakistan was finally lifted after a ban that lasted more than 3 years

Pakistan YouTube block was imposed by the Pakistan telecommunication authority (PTA), September 17, 2012, after YouTube was unable to remove the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims", which caused violent protests in the country and outraged the Islamic world.

block YouTube in Pakistan was supposed to be temporary, but many Pakistani considered the ban was extended due to a number of religious groups condemning the site as "blasphemous" .

many expressed their frustrations through different means, including KholoBC (an initiative of Youth), which launched a Twitter campaign and published videos against state censorship in Pakistan.

According to media sources, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has ordered all ISPs to lift Pakistan YouTube block, with the proviso that the PTA may require that any "material offensive "extra blocked

Department said:" on the recommendation of PTA, the Pakistan government has allowed access to the country version of YouTube recently launched for Internet users in Pakistan.. .. Google has provided an online web process through which the material in question access blocking requests can be made by PTA to Google "directly and Google / YouTube will then restrict access to that area to offend users in Pakistan.

YouTube over one billion users - "almost a third of all people on the Internet" - and on YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, over 400 hours of video are uploaded on the site every minute. The video streaming site launched local versions in 70 countries, including Pakistan.

While the block YouTube in Pakistan has been removed, a number of countries continue to block YouTube including China, North Korea and Iran.

We at HMA! are delighted to hear the YouTube block Pakistan was finally removed, which allows people to access the video streaming site again.