Bangladesh lifts ban on YouTube, blocked after blasphemous film
Ban has been lifted because it was hurting thousands of people using YouTube for research, education, says Sunil Bose.
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DHAKA:
Bangladesh on Wednesday lifted a ban on video-sharing site YouTube which has been blocked since September after an online anti-Islam movie spawned violent protests across the Muslim world.
The sacrilegious video that denigrated the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), billed as a film trailer and made in California with private funding, provoked a wave of anti-American unrest in dozens of Muslim countries in September.
"The ban has been lifted as it was hurting thousands of people who use YouTube for good purposes such as educational or research," said Sunil Kanti Bose, head of Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory body.
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sudan and Pakistan banned YouTube simultaneously.
Bangladesh on Wednesday lifted a ban on video-sharing site YouTube which has been blocked since September after an online anti-Islam movie spawned violent protests across the Muslim world.
The sacrilegious video that denigrated the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), billed as a film trailer and made in California with private funding, provoked a wave of anti-American unrest in dozens of Muslim countries in September.
"The ban has been lifted as it was hurting thousands of people who use YouTube for good purposes such as educational or research," said Sunil Kanti Bose, head of Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory body.
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sudan and Pakistan banned YouTube simultaneously.