Comments on: Pakistan Lifts Youtube Restraints

By: attagirl

attagirl — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:50:21 +0000

The good thing about the internet is that it opened up sources that would not be available. So opening this up as well, people will be able to access things that were once not available to them. I understand their wanting to block to a certain degree as they would not be able to be picky in what the people watched but in the end when all is said and done it is just easier to let people discern for themselves.

By: Dartz

Dartz — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:38:50 +0000

Even if you block a webpage, people will find a dozen ways to circumvent it. It’s a complete and utter waste of time, effort, and money.

YouTube has a Video Response feature for a reason. If you have a problem with how a video portrays something, make your own video that shows your own view.

By: descorpio

descorpio — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:49:24 +0000

Well I think the reason to ban youtube is the clip which portrayed Islam as a fascist religion. It should not be used for such misleading and hurtful purposes. We do not have right to portray any religion in that way. At the same time, banning youtube is not the right way to approach the problem.

By: Somnilocus

Somnilocus — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:34:47 +0000

“The outage came less than four weeks after Egyptians lost Internet access when a fiber optic cable was severed in the Mediterranean.”

Oh, my god, that’s terrifying! I would be miserable if that happened here. What vttop said is interesting. Yet, there are still places where it’s nearly impossible to be granted permission to use the internet by the government..

As for inappropriate content - this is usually filtered out by Youtube.Although, I think they need to focus on this more. This is, as was said, an extremely popular site for kids even… there’s no need for things like that to be on it.

By: vttop

vttop — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:53:57 +0000

In this age, even for a dictatorial government, it’s hard to shun their people from knowing what’s happening all over the world and how the international community is reacting to a given incident. It happened in Myanmar during the riots a few months back but eventually they had to open up again. The way people interact has changed tremendously and with media that can no longer be controlled by individual governments, word spreads no matter how hard they try to cover up.

By: bluet

bluet — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:16:01 +0000

I think this decision is not too wise because YouTube gives people a chance to share their knowledge and creativity. It happened in Indonesia too, but only for a couple days because many people in Indonesia disagreed with this. Although they have some porn videos in YouTube, this is not the best way to stop it.

By: Postman

Postman — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:41:24 +0000

If you are banning a site such as YouTube then you are the one who will get affected not youtube because they are one of most informational sites around the Net. Depriving your people of using it will only leaves them on the dark ages. This is not the wisest decision that Pakistan government has done.

By: liowkc

liowkc — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:33:06 +0000

The act of banning usually has the opposite effect of what the banners have in mind in the first place. In a way, the internet has made the censors job harder by allowing acess in multiple ways. For marketers, to get banned by authorities will be the biggest marketing coup.

By: Ehsan

Ehsan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:22:50 +0000

I am from Pakistan and i don’t bloody care if our Govt Bans YouTube or myTube or OurTube , Its not like we cant live without YouTube or YouTube is like the ultimate God that we should always pay our respects to.

By: dreamr802

dreamr802 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:25:57 +0000

Censorship on the internet doesn’t work at all. There’s all different ways for people to get around it. A lot of people have offensive videos on youtube, but for a whole country to block a site is completely wrong and what kind of message is that sending to the rest of the world.