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Pakistan may soon lift a year old ban on YouTube as early as September, according to the officials. Almost a year from now the country banned YouTube for a video that it deemed to insult the Prophet Muhammad (saw).

Users may not be allowed full access

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Pakistan will not allow users to fully access YouTube, and may limit use with a URL blocker, to have any eye on sensitive videos that can hurt local sentiments. Blocking technology is already in place to reduce access to videos on Vimeo and “thousands” of websites, including pornographic and politically-sensitive content.

Google refused to censor video

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) refused to censor the much controversial video “Innocence of Muslims” locally in Pakistan, which resulted in the ban on services. The search engine giant not only maintained stiffly that the contents in the video are not breaching its terms and conditions, but it took a further step by not censoring the video in Pakistan, where Google has… continue reading at valuewalk.com