[kictanet] Google appeases Pakistani censors with country-specific version of YouTube

[Ali Hussein]

Listers

In light of the Netflix debate and KFCB assertions on Regulations here's an interesting article on Pakistan regarding. YouTube.

> http://www.dailydot.com/politics/google-youtube-pakistan-censorship-country-specific-site/

One statement caught my eye:-
In February 2014, Pakistani officials announced that they were extending the YouTube ban “indefinitely,” because “no tool or solution has been found which can totally block offensive content.”

Different countries are trying to  handle Internet Governance in their own ways. One thing is clear. The openness of the World Wide Web is under threat globally. We shouldn't jump in the bandwagon of curtailing our freedoms.  

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> Date: 12 January 2016 at 10:18:24 PM EAT
> To: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
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> http://www.dailydot.com/politics/google-youtube-pakistan-censorship-country-specific-site/
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