New tube: Under the new version of YouTube, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority can ask for access to offending material to be blocked. — Reuters
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Jan 18 it had removed a three-year ban on YouTube after the Google-owned video-sharing website launched a local version that allows the government to remove material it considers offensive.
Pakistan banned access to YouTube in September 2012 after an anti-Islam film, Innocence Of Muslims, was uploaded to the site, sparking violent protests across major cities in the Muslim-majority country of 190 million people.
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