Pakistan bans YouTube amid furor over anti-Islam video

The prime minister of Pakistan has banned YouTube in the country over its refusal to block a video that mocks the prophet Muhammad.

Reuters reports that Ashraf ordered the country's Ministry of Information to block YouTube so the video, which he called "blasphemous," could not be viewed.

A protest in Egypt is one of many that have erupted in the wake of an anti-Islam film posted to YouTube.

(Credit: CBS News)

The Middle East erupted in protests last week in reaction to "Innocent of Muslims," a video on YouTube that depicts Muhammad as a buffoon. Posted in July, the clip by Southern California filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula serves as a trailer for an upcoming movie.

But violent protests of the video claimed the lives of four Americans working for the State Department in Benghazi, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya.

In the aftermath, the White House called for YouTube to take down the clip, which the company declined to do on free-speech grounds. But it has blocked access to the clip in India, Indonesia, Libya and Egypt, saying the video's content is illegal in those countries.

Over the weekend, CNET's Charles Cooper explored the difficult balance YouTube is attempting here: trying to support free expression on one hand while trying not to incite violence on the other.

CNET has contacted YouTube for comment on the situation in Pakistan and will update this post when we hear back.

Casey Newton 18 Sep, 2012

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