Youtube has been blocked in Pakistan due to some sacrilegious caricatures of Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H) on the site as told by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority official. The blockage came after hours Pakistan authorities directed ISPs to stop public’s access to Facebook due to online draw Muhammad competition. The competition’s fan page on Facebook is itself violation of Facebook’s own policies against the spread of hatred and violation and violation of human rights pertaining to one’s religion. Youtube was also blocked back in 2007 due to similar issue.
The blockage of Youtube will have a impact on overall transfer of data of the country as it eats upto 20 to 25 percent of country’s total traffic
Update: We are now getting news that PTA has also blocked , Flickr and Wikipedia as well including thousand other websites over blasphemous content.
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it is a good step taken by the Government of pakistan to block such a neutral websites against Islam. Not only all the people of Pakistan but also all Muslim nation do should boycott of Face Book.