Saturday, February 23rd 2008
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Pakistan Blocks YouTube
It seems that America and the United Kingdom aren't the only countries caught in a sudden desire to become authoritarian. Pakistan is blocking websites that they feel either will pervert their citizens culturally or politically. YouTube recently made the list for both reasons. There's plenty of sketchy X-rated material on the website, and it's cousin, X-tube. However, it's more likely than not that YouTube was blocked in Pakistan due to political footage. To be precise, someone managed to sneak proof of election fraud, in video form, onto YouTube. Pakistan obviously doesn't want anybody to see this, so they bury the video. When it comes bouncing back later, Pakistan got mad and completely blocked out the site.
Source:
All Things Pakistan
27 Comments on Pakistan Blocks YouTube
"started advertising itself as the fastest route to YouTube. But instead of serving up videos of skateboarding dogs, it sent the traffic into oblivion." This was over a few hours on sunday afternoon i guess
Its a good read and gets into a little bit on how internet traffic is routed.
Its worth a look and an update on the front page
Source: AP
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