Pakistan authorities opened access to YouTube

Pakistan authorities announced the opening of access to the popular YouTube video portal, RIA Novosti reports with reference to AFP. Since September, the portal was blocked in connection with the placement of the scandalous film "Innocent Muslims" on it.

On Saturday, the Pakistani telecommunications department notified Internet providers about the need to immediately unlock or restore access to YouTube to further instructions. Earlier, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Pakistan Rehman Malik said on Twitter that the decision was made due to mass demand for YouTube "in all layers of society." However, according to him, the authorities intend to install filters on the network. "Pakistan's telecommunication service completes negotiations on the development of a powerful computer protection system, which would fully block the video of pornographic and blasphemous content," Malik said.

The ban was lifted thanks to Pakistan, who lives in London, Muhammad Nazir, who became Internet sign due to the song “One Pound Fish” and signed a contract with Warner Brothers, reports New York Times. "About 250 people, among whom were local politicians, met him at the airport, showering the rose petals and chanting" Long live the One Pound Fish! ", And the television interrupted the transfer of the fifth anniversary of the murder of the former Benazira Bhutto, to show the return of the singer home" - the publication leads to the exposure from Pakistani newspaper.

The video recorded on a mobile phone from the workplace in the London market Queens Market collected 7 million views in eight months. "Lady, come to me. Fish - only one pound. Excellent fish, fresh. One pound of sterling," the seller hums. After the song became so popular, Warner Brothers concluded with Nazir. A professional clip was shot, which has been watched more than 9 million times since the publication on December 10.

Original video "One Pound Fish"

The amateur film "Innocence of Muslims", in which the Prophet Muhammad is represented by a fraudster and homosexual, caused a wave of indignation in the Islamic world. After Google refused to delete the video from YouTube, in Pakistan, as well as in Egypt, Bangladesh and Sudan, access to the entire video portal was blocked. In some countries, demonstrators conducted a number of attacks on American diplomatic departments. As a result, dozens of people died, and several hundred were injured. The US ambassador was killed to Libya.

On Wednesday, the film "Innocence of Muslims" was included in the official list of materials recognized as extremist, which is posted on the website of the Ministry of Justice of Russia. The video indicated on the Ministry of Justice’s website the link has already been deleted from YouTube. In the register of sites subject to blocking by Russian providers, the film "Innocence of Muslims" is not listed. At the same time, on YouTube, using the search, you can find as trailers to the film, so its full versions.

On October 1, the Tver court of Moscow recognized the film "Innocence of Muslims" by extremist. Thus, judge Evgeny Komissarov satisfied the petition of the Moscow prosecutor's office. This court decision became the basis for the inclusion of a video in the federal list of extremist materials.

In November, the author of the film "Innocence of Muslims", Zakula Baseli Pokula, was sentenced to the United States to the year of prison for violating the conditions of the trial period. He pleaded guilty in four cases of violation of the conditions of early release after he was convicted of fraud in 2010. None of the accusations was associated with the content of the film "Innocence of Muslims."