[governance] Bangladesh Govt blocks YouTube

[Guru गुरु]

On Tuesday 18 September 2012 02:44 AM, Faisal Hasan wrote:
> Dear Sala,
>
> I agree with you that we can make a statement together. As far as I 
> know Indian government has also blocked YouTube.

No, Youtube is not blocked in India,

but there is news that Google has blocked access to the film from India
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/384478/20120914/innocence-muslims-youtube-block-take-down.htm

> This is a global Internet Governance issue. With WCIT approaching, 
> Governments will definitely raise this issue. So, if we donot play our 
> parts governments will vote for content filtering.
>
> Thanks
> Faisal
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro 
> <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com 
> <mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Faisal and Imran,
>
>     It is really sad that we are witnessing this volatile conflict all
>     because of the polarisation of Article 19 of the ICCPR. If people
>     think that it we should make a statement in relation to what is
>     happening, let us know. We can develop a statement.
>
>     Sala
>
>     On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Imran Ahmed Shah
>     <ias_pk at yahoo.com <mailto:ias_pk at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
>         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
>         ------------------------------
>          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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