After Facebook and Youtube, Pak blocks Twitter

Last Updated: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 00:19

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After Facebook and Youtube, Pak blocks Twitter

Islamabad: After blocking Facebook and YouTube, Pakistani authorities on Friday further widened the crackdown on websites with blasphemous contents by restricting access to popular social networking website Twitter.

Pakistani users were unable to log into Twitter after Internet service providers blocked access to the site.

When users tried to log into site, there browsers displayed a message that said "this site is restricted”.

Over the past two days, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked websites like Facebook and YouTube, citing "sacrilegious contents" on the websites as the reason for the action.

The crackdown began after the Lahore High Court issued an order for blocking Facebook over a page hosting a contest for blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammad.

Over 450 URLs have been blocked so far by the authorities.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Thursday said that YouTube had been blocked due to "sacrilegious contents" but did not point to specific material on the website that prompted the authorities to block it.

The government acted against both Facebook and YouTube after it failed to persuade the websites to remove the "derogatory material”, the statement said.

PTI

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First Published: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 00:19

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want to block facebook at work?

this software http://www.timedoctor.com/1 is better than blocking facebook as it only monitors facebook in work hours. team members still can use facebook when on lunch. also some employees must use facebook for their work so it`s silly to just indiscriminately block it.

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humzah - lahore pakistan
dont block facebook but do block that page n stop saying bad things about any religion

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BRIJ - NEWYORK
if common paki like it,no out sider should talk about this,this is their person life if their culture or religion takes these things offencive than ban right,but make sure for every body include isi

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Noman - lahore
what can i say, people are going beserk over this issue and the muslims all over the world are getting sad and angry at the same time. non muslims should understand and respect islam but instead they are fueling it by promoting such stuff on almost every medium. my humble request to all non muslims,please respect islam as by defaming islam no one will get nothing out of it but only cheap thrill.

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Aleem - Lahore
i appreciate this but i think this is not permanent solution.

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zain - lahore,pakistan
pakistan has done agreat work by blocking websites of facebook and youtube .
we can compromise on our selfes on our lifes
but we will not compromise no the respect of holy prophet (peace be upon him).
we love holy prophet (peace be upon him).
and we can give our lives for him.
we give respect to those who gives respect to holy prophet (peace be upon him).
and we donot love those who donot give respect to holy prophet (peace be upon him).

god bless pakistan

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syed shahadat ali shah - karachi, Pakistan
we have no big problem with non-muslims if they don`t trigger or start the violence...
mohammed never said his followers to rush on people who are against (said to call them to seek the truth and can go back as they don`t accept islam ) but when u meet crazy/fools,
said not to talk to them... so we aren`t, why don`t u take care of ur business ??? as we don`t interfere in ur`s ? but we love mohammed

interesting how many in the west has become so offending, insensitive and hateful. and their main accusation is that muslims do not ``respect`` western culture. is not that ridiculously
ironic! lol

good humans@ we (muslims) don`t offense like animals... u always trigger noble/average muslims
eating other muslims homes make them do revenge, and eating countries oil power and resources need a reason ... u had to make one (how so ever) 4example 9/11 .l..
even a boy knows that we are alot behind in technology, and u r best in defending
always to show ur self good... u critisized islam... allah is the best of planners,

if u r an atheist then plz watch ``does god exist`` video`s by dr. zakir naik

we benfited facebook they didn`t act on our millions/billions of reports, we just wanna take a side from (who don`t respect our feelings) and (are animals that can`t speak gentle dialogues)