YouTube and some Wikipedia pages are added to the list of websites banned in Pakistan, on Wednesday after a court ordered the temporary blocking Facebook because the site issued a call to draw the prophet Mohammed. Draw the prophet is prohibited outright by the Muslim religious laws.
Pakistani authorities for social networks broadcast sacrilegious content. Facebook will remain restricted until 31 May, it ruled the U.S. Supreme Court. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority was the body that ordered the Internet providers to close YouTube and Facebook, among others, in the country. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has blocked 450 websites containing derogatory material in his opinion.
The authorities have even set up a hotline where citizens can call to report offensive material they have seen on the network.
YouTube has not yet reacted to the ban. But Facebook issued a statement saying that “while this contest does not violate our terms for content, we understand that it may be illegal in some countries.”
Facebook page “Day of the drawings of Muhammad” had on Thursday with nearly 80,000 people registered.
In response to competition from Facebook created another web page under the name “Against the Day of the drawings of Muhammad” which calls for boycott of the site and already exceeded the 90,000 fans.
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