In what could be an excellent dry run for an Internet ban the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) ordered the country's ISPs to block users' access to YouTube on Friday because of what was considered an inflammatory anti-Islamic video on the site. The video in question is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3s8jtrrg00 at IPs: 208.65.153.238, 208.65.153.253, and 208.65.153.251. The authorities did not allow many users around the world to access YouTube Inc.'s site for about two hours on Sunday. The way they were able to shut down YouTube was with erroneous routing information. YouTube responded by investigating how the problem can be avoided to prevent it from happening again.
In the glorious state of Pakistan access to YouTube is still blocked while ISPs work with the Pakistani authority to narrow its order to block a single URL pointing to the video.
The Pakistani authorities have struck a blow against free speech as they have consistently opposed expressions and art depicting Mohammad.