Egypt bans YouTube for 30 days over “Innocence of Muslims” row February 11, 2013 - 10:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Egyptian government has ruled to ban video-sharing website YouTube for 30 days, Digital Spy said. The ruling, which has not been enforced yet, came after the Google-owned website hosted and refused to remove a 14-minute clip called 'The Innocence of Muslims'. Google chose not to take down the video from YouTube, but did block access to it in countries such as Egypt and Libya, according to The Washington Post. The Egyptian government claimed that the American-made video in question was "offensive to Islam and to the Prophet [Mohammed]". Judge Hassouna Tawfiq explained: "This is a temporary punishment, you could say, for these websites for participating in this." In addition, he warned that any other social websites that circulate the video - including Facebook and Twitter - may also potentially face bans. 'The Innocence of Muslims' reportedly portrays Mohammed as a religious fraud and womaniser. Partner news  Top stories The bomber set off his explosives outside the gate of the United Nations Development Program base before attackers ran inside. Hamid Karzai accused Washington of mixed messages regarding peace talks with the Taliban, his spokesman said. The deal is estimated at $700mln-$1bln, Vedomosti newspaper reported citing sources in the Russian defense industry. Ahmadinejad will be replaced by Hassan Rowhani as president on August 3 following presidential elections last week.   Partner news |  Latest news Microsoft rumored to look into buying Nokia‘s handset business  The price tag and market position concerns weren’t the only reason the talks fell through, says the sources, without additional details.Megaupload files deleted, Dotcom decries ‘largest data massacre’ "We were never warned about the deletion," Dotcom said, adding that the loss of the files had reduced him to tears.LinkedIn suffers outage due to ‘DNS issue’ "We determined it was a DNS issue, we're continuing to work on it. Thanks for your patience,” the network tweeted."The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini dies at 51 "We're all in shock and feeling immeasurable sadness at the loss of a beloved member of our family," the network said. |
