Saturday, 3 August 2013

Pakistan: YouTube site to stay blocked till filters in place


Advocate Kakakhel argued that students were facing problems searching for academic content. The bench, however, was informed that unless a solution was found, the ministry would not unblock YouTube. 

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune
By ET Correspondent | August 2, 2013

PESHAWAR: YouTube cannot be reopened unless a mechanism is adopted to permanently block blasphemous material on the website, the Ministry of Information Technology informed the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday.

A PHC division bench was hearing a petition by Mina Muhibbulah Kakakhel challenging the ban on the video-sharing channel.

Advocate Kakakhel argued that students were facing problems searching for academic content.

The bench, however, was informed that unless a solution was found, the ministry would not unblock YouTube.
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