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Indonesia Might Be Next To Ban YouTube

by Vikrant in April 2nd, 2008   
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Reuters is reporting that Indonesia has asked the ISPs to block access to YouTube for hosting the anti-Quaran film.

Indonesia’s Communications and Information Minister, Mohammad Nuh, said:

If the film is not removed within two days, we will block YouTube in cooperation with Internet service providers.

Cahyana Ahmadjayadi, the director general for information technology has told Reuters,

Our efforts include asking Internet service providers to block access to YouTube. They have started doing it now.

Can anyone confirm whether YouTube is accessible in Indonesia or not? Whatever may happen, the YouTube blocking game continues.

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4 Comments

mantosz Said,
April 8th, 2008 @5:35 pm  

As of today, not only Youtube but Rapidshare, Metacafe, myspace, and multiply are blocked by the indonesian isp. I don’t know when this will be over.

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Portabubblejoan Said,
April 9th, 2008 @1:28 am  

I Live in Indonesia, and to me, Blocking direct streaming video site like Youtube does make a bit sense, but multiply, myspace, etc do not make sense at all. There is no way to stop this film from spreading anyway. People always find a way. I think the more government do this, the more people wanted to see the film. Why dont they just shut down the Internet, and make us feel like living in an ice age again. A lot of people use myspace, multiply etc for media of promotion and all, so please stop this nonsense.

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Vikrant Said,
April 9th, 2008 @1:37 am  

@Portabubblejoan

Very true…banning websites for hosting a film does not make sense and will not stop it from spreading. It only creates curiosity amongst people to watch the film.

Apart from that banning websites like Multiply affects the people who use it for business purposes.

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