http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7261727.stm
Pakistan gets offended by some anti-Islam videos on YouTube and orders the site blocked in Pakistan, Turkey, and Thailand. Not a problem for your average American/Canadian/UK/whatever citizen, right? Wrong.
ISPs with connections to Pakistan are blocking the site for users around the world, including countries with free speech rights.
unoficial list of ISPs confirmed to be Pakistan's bitch:
Verizon (back up)
Bell (back up)
AT&T
Virgin
Cox Digital
BT
Earthlink (temporarily, back up now)
Edit: Most of the ISPs are unblocking the site now, just thought I'd put the list up as a reminder of how speech suppression in the Middle East can affect the rest of us.
Edit 2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6972311.stm
The ban is resolved in Thailand, Google agrees to censor anti-Islam videos from Thai users.
Pakistan gets offended by some anti-Islam videos on YouTube and orders the site blocked in Pakistan, Turkey, and Thailand. Not a problem for your average American/Canadian/UK/whatever citizen, right? Wrong.
ISPs with connections to Pakistan are blocking the site for users around the world, including countries with free speech rights.
unoficial list of ISPs confirmed to be Pakistan's bitch:
Verizon (back up)
Bell (back up)
AT&T
Virgin
Cox Digital
BT
Earthlink (temporarily, back up now)
Edit: Most of the ISPs are unblocking the site now, just thought I'd put the list up as a reminder of how speech suppression in the Middle East can affect the rest of us.
Edit 2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6972311.stm
The ban is resolved in Thailand, Google agrees to censor anti-Islam videos from Thai users.
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