YouTube has been blocked in Pakistan on direct orders of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Raja Pervez Ashraf.
Blasphemous content will not be accepted at any cost
ISPs have started blocking the website, the process will be completed soon with the website being unavailable nationwide.
Chief Justice of Pakistan previously ordered only the blocking of blasphemous videos on YouTube but now it seems the whole website will be blocked instead mainly due to copies popping up rapidly, allowing the video to still be available.
YouTube had previously denied a removal request of the said video from the White House saying how it doesn’t violate any of its community guidelines. The video is blocked in several countries including India, Malaysia and Egypt who registered complaints to do so. Pakistan instead of registering a complaint decided to block the video themselves.
How long will the blockade last? Guess only time will tell.
This is just four months after Twitter was banned but that was just for a day.