1. Mediaite
  2. Gossip Cop
  3. Geekosystem
  4. Styleite
  5. SportsGrid
  6. The Mary Sue
  7. The Jane Dough
  8. The Braiser
"and then the government got involved..."

Pakistan Threatens to Ban YouTube, Google

by Max Eddy | 2:00 pm, September 18th, 2011

Not content with simply banning online encryption, Pakistan is now issuing an ultimatum of sorts that could end with Google and YouTube being banned in the country. The threat came from Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who called on the website to work more closely with terrorism investigations lest they be blocked inside the country.

Malik is quoted as saying that terrorist groups are using online resources to share information, though he did not elaborate on what kind of information and how it was used. Nor did he explain how YouTube and Google were being used by terrorist groups, or what role they would play in any investigations. Interestingly, Malik also indicated that legal action may be taken against the administrator of Google Pakistan.

While Google has been enormously successful, it has struggled with operating in other countries. While this may turn out to simply be the threats of one man and not the intent of the Pakistani government, Google might could have a growing fiasco on their hands.

(Times of India via Hacker News)

  • Guest

    What a complete joke this government is. Instead of you know, actually going after terrorists, they’re going after Google? Really? What’s next? Turning off the internet? This country needs to fix it’s own corruption first before pretending to be a democratic government for the people.

  • Paki

    its not about the terrorism. its about the loyalty of malik towards the president. coz many people are critisizing and using bad names for zardari and govt on the internet. instead of shutting down google they should shut their mouth and leave the country.

  • Bilal

    Malik is basically a stupid barber, who doesn’t know about the technology and stars commenting it . probably he would be looking some bribe from google , lolz

  • Hassan Ali

    I am from Pakistan but I admit that this guy is a nut.

  • http://www.facebook.com/angelina.is.my.name Angelina Christopher

    First the Man is not Capable enough to join the Government then he closes the real connection of youth from the other world is this man born idiot or made by the president.

  • Guest

    It’s funny how it’s said that terrorist use the Internet to communicate with each other. Does that mean that Malik thinks that google and youtube IS internet? 

    Just makes no sense.

  • As

     i dont care, goodbye pakistan.. :D

  • Ewebcraft

    Bilal, you are absolutely correct. Government does not know about the technology. The will lose on more trading source. They are idiots and illiterates 


Abrams Media Network click here for advertising opportunities

© 2012 Geekosystem, LLC | About Us | Advertise | Newsletter | Jobs | Privacy | User Agreement | Disclaimer | Power Grid FAQ | Contact | Archives | RSS RSS
Dan Abrams, Founder | Power Grid by Sound Strategies | Hosting by Datagram