You Tube is the largest video sharing website in the world and is also popular in Pakistan. This website was however banned in Pakistan due to the blasphemous content being displayed on this website. Recently, news has been circulating on the social media websites, Facebook and Twitter that the website has been opened again and is now accessible in Pakistan. As people sent tweets to their friends stating that the website is no longer blocked, thousands hurriedly logged on the website to conform the news.
But YouTube remains closed and such news were proven false. A statement has been issued by the government officials also stating that the website remains closed. According to an expert, there was a temporary collapse in the system when a gateway got accidentally opened during the system upgrading. But the gateway is now closed and the website remains blocked in Pakistan.[junkie-alert style=”white”] You Tube is still closed in Pakistan according to official reports and the rumors that the website is open are not true [/junkie-alert]
The government officials have maintained a strong stance in blocking YouTube in Pakistan, which cost YouTube financial losses in this respect, but the website still maintains a lenient policy about the content being uploaded on the website.