[governance] Bangladesh Govt blocks YouTube

[Imran Ahmed Shah]

Youtube was first blocked by Afghanistan and today Government of Pakistan also blocked its access in protest. Prime Minister asked to block youtube access until youtube remove anti-Islam contents/videos.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority also blocked about 700+ websites yesterday to follow the Supreme Court Orders.

Regards

Imran Ahmed Shah
for IGFPAK
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 On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 1:19 AM PKT Faisal Hasan wrote:
 
 >Dear all,
 >
 >Bangladesh govt. blocks youTube from today in order to avoid impending
 >violence. This is a serious concern for us who advocate that "content
 >filtering is not a solution rather it should be removed at the source." We
 >understand that this is an issue of "freedom of expression" and due to the
 >corresponding legislation Google is not being able to remove it.
 >
 >On behalf of the Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter may I request
 >chapter delegates and people concerned with Internet governance issues to
 >think about ways how we can address this sort of issues in future. There
 >should be a global consensus about the content that fuels deadly violence
 >shouldn't be hosted by anybody, content that has been flagged by thousands
 >of people should be removed, content about which one third of the worlds
 >population has unequivocal objection can definitely set aside from other
 >contents.
 >
 >I guess most of you will agree that this is a very sensitive issue and
 >Muslims around the world are deeply shocked by the violence thats being
 >erupting all over the world killing innocent lives as well as by the fact
 >that the content still stays at the source.
 >
 >Kind Regards
 >Faisal Hasan, PhD
 >Chapter President
 >Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter

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