YouTube blocked in Pakistan over Anti Islam Video

Amid widespread protests across the country over the blasphemous and anti Islam video being aired by YouTube, Pakistan has blocked the video sharing site YouTube completely on Monday after the authorities realized that the government has not installed a filtration system and does not have a treaty with Google that would block objectionable videos.

In the meanwhile two protesters died in Pakistan on Monday as the backlash against the film spread across the region and angry demonstrators clashed with police, hurling stones and shouting: “Death to America.”

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While countries like India and Indonesia have successfully got such blasphemous sites blocked through the intervention of the Google/YouTube administration, Pakistan was helpless because of the incompetence of the IT authorities as it has neither any such treaty with Google nor has the filtration system installed to block the blasphemous and pornographic sites.

Read more: The News International

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Anti-Muslim film: Afghanistan bans YouTube

Afghanistan banned the YouTube website on Wednesday to stop Afghans watching a U.S.-made film insulting the Prophet Mohammad that sparked protests in North Africa and the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya.

"We have been told to shut down YouTube to the Afghan public until the video is taken down," Aimal Marjan, general director of Information Technology at the Ministry of Communications, told Reuters.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the film, in which Mohammad is portrayed as a philanderer and a religious fake, saying its makers had done a "devilish act" and that insulting Islam was not allowed by freedom of speech.

Read more: Chicago Tribune

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Indian court threatens to block Google, Facebook

An Indian court has threatened to block sites such as Facebook and Google unless they take steps to eliminate "offensive and objectionable" content.

"You must have a stringent check. Otherwise, like in China, we may pass orders banning all such websites," the Delhi High Court said during a hearing Thursday with legal representatives for Facebook and Google India.

Read more: France24

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How to block Carrier IQ on your iPhone - Select "Don't Send"

[ Mashable ] 2 Dec

The Carrier IQ stuff is real disturbing iPhone users world wide. While Apple may take time to have a say on it, some smart guys have found ways to at least block it from the iPhone.

Screen shot from the slide show of how to block Carrier IQ

Follow the instructions given in a slide show HERE to could be one solution to block the Carrier IQ presence in your iPhone.

In short, here’s how to stop data from being automatically sent:

Settings App > General > About > Diagnostics & Usage > Don’t Send

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