YouTube Ban

Screening software: Rashid promises good tidings on YouTube

March 17, 2014

LAHORE: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Sunday that the government would soon lift the ban on popular video-sharing website YouTube as it has developed software to filter controversial content. Addressing senior journalists and intellectuals at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal in Lahore, the minister, however, refused to give a definite date for unblocking YouTube. Turning to the ongoing militancy, Rashid said that

Lifting the YouTube ban

March 3, 2014

The decision by a US appeals court on Wednesday ordering Google to remove the controversial film ‘Innocence of Muslims’ from the video-sharing website YouTube is welcome news for people in Pakistan. The film triggered mass outrage and violent protests around the country, far in excess of its aesthetic value or content. The Pakistani government now has no legitimate excuse to

Call for lifting of YouTube ban after US ruling

February 28, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Internet campaigners said on Thursday there was no excuse for the government to maintain its ban on YouTube, after a US court ordered the removal of an anti-Islam film from the website. The video-sharing website has been blocked in Pakistan since September 2012 over its failure to take down the ‘Innocence of Muslims’ movie that sparked furious protests around

Give YouTube a chance: Pakistani rappers take on the ban

February 25, 2014

KARACHI: With many deep into withdrawal over the banning of social media network YouTube in Pakistan, they found a new anthem for their cries in the form of ‘Vital Saeen’ Ali Gul Pir along with rapper

YouTube ban: proof that the constitution is non est

February 3, 2014

YouTube ban: proof that the constitution is non est General (retired) Musharraf’s lawyers forwarded an extraordinarily audacious argument recently before the Supreme Court (SC) while seeking a review of the July 31, 2009 judgment. They argued that the 1973 constitution does not exist. Unfortunately, and because the

PM’s approval sought to reopen YouTube

September 22, 2013

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to reopen social media website YouTube soon in Pakistan, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has dispatched a summary to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, seeking necessary approval prior to his departure to United States, The Nation learnt on Saturday. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to visit New York on 23rd of this month to

Pakistan’s internet censors seek help from Canadian company

September 19, 2013

ISLAMABAD: In a nondescript, creeper-draped building in the capital of Islamabad, a small team of men is purging Pakistan’s Internet. Shadowy government officials are blocking thousands of pages deemed undesirable. But they are not fast enough. So the government is now testing Canadian software that can block millions of sites a second. The censorship helps shape the views of 180

YouTube ban: One year and counting

September 17, 2013

We have now completed a full year with the YouTube ban in place, forcing some to do without one of the most popular internet sites in the world, many others to resort to proxies of various kinds, putting up with the nuisances these ‘by-pass’ mechanisms cause. So, what has the ban, slapped on after an offensive film was loaded on

YouTube ban: promoting illiteracy in the 21st century

September 7, 2013

By: Dr Haider Shah It is tragic that while we see all hate preachers doing brisk business over the internet, sites of science and humanism have been axed Together with countries like China, Iran and Turkmenistan, Pakistan happens to be a place where people cannot access YouTube because of an official ban by the government. The aforementioned countries are well

Screening software: Rashid promises good tidings on YouTube

Lifting the YouTube ban

Call for lifting of YouTube ban after US ruling

YouTube ban: proof that the constitution is non est

PM’s approval sought to reopen YouTube

Pakistan’s internet censors seek help from Canadian company

YouTube ban: One year and counting

YouTube ban: promoting illiteracy in the 21st century

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