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F3n1x
02-23-2008, 03:35 PM
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/picture.php?albumid=25&pictureid=2117The Pakistani government, under President Pervez Musharraf, has issued a directive to all Internet providers in the country to block access to Youtube due to blasphemous content on the popular video sharing site. Users all over Pakistan are receiving messages stating that the "Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (***.pta.gov.pk) has directed all ISPs of the country to block access to ***.youtube.com web site for containing blasphemous web content/movies."

:source: Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/02/23/pakistan-bans-youtube

peat moss
02-24-2008, 03:51 PM
I thought at first it was because of cartoons but its for the vote rigging videos ?
:pinch:

ulun64
02-25-2008, 03:40 AM
Ban all internet. I think the whole internet is blasphemous.

Kyokushin
02-25-2008, 06:41 AM
Didn't the same thing happened in Korea?

Aaxel21
02-25-2008, 08:29 AM
Ban all internet. I think the whole internet is blasphemous.


Haha. Looks like thats the way it's headed. Just don't block the youporn.com. :lol:

$SnoopDo2G$
02-25-2008, 01:17 PM
lol now they gonna have to get trough a VPN connection or a good proxy to only see some videos... :lol:

C-mos
02-25-2008, 01:36 PM
Ban all internet. I think the whole internet is blasphemous.

doh:blink::blink:

torrentworld
03-08-2008, 08:51 PM
it is wrong to ban youtube imho

Jdsnut
03-09-2008, 01:03 PM
You can never ban anything theres always a smart a** like me who finds a way to get it.