[governance] Showdown in Little China - Pakistan to lift Internet Block on Youtube but sustain Internet Filter and fight against pornography

[Fouad Bajwa]

Christmas cheer?: YouTube to be unblocked in '24 hours', tweets Rehman Malik

Just as the clock ticked towards the 101st day that video sharing site
YouTube was blocked in Pakistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik
tweeted on Friday evening that a decision has been taken to unblock
the site in “24 hours”.

“I chaired a high level meeting with all stakeholders on the Youtube.
Good job by PTA to block anti iIslamic material! Pl expect Youtube
unblocked in 24hrs”

The move comes almost a month after the minister, whose ministry is
not linked to either the Ministry of Information Technology, nor the
blocking agency Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), formed a
committee to look into ways how the video sharing site could be
unblocked while not in conflict with court orders on blasphemous
material.

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/485918/christmas-cheer-youtube-to-be-unblocked-in-24-hours-tweets-rehman-malik/



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Fouad Bajwa
ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor
My Blog: Internet's Governance: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
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