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[quote]MOSCOW – *The Russian government is threatening to ban YouTube entirely unless the company takes down a controversial anti-Islamic film that has led to violent protests across the Muslim world.
Fearing unrest among Russian Muslims, Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov wrote on Twitter Tuesday that access to the online video sharing site will be blocked in Russia if owner Google fails to abide by a court order banning the showing of the U.S.-produced film U.S., which mocks Muslims and the prophet Muhammad.
Prosecutors have already asked a Moscow court to outlaw the "Innocence of Muslims" film as "extremist, and offending believers," and a verdict is expected soon, the Associated Press reported.
Google will remove content that is shown to violate local laws, but the Internet giant said it also strives to maintain a balance between free speech and censorship.
"We work hard to create a community everyone can enjoy and which also enables people to express different opinions," a YouTube spokesman told FoxNews.com. "This can be a challenge because what's OK in one country can be offensive elsewhere."
The low-budget movie, entitled "Innocence of Muslims," has angered followers of Islam who feel it portrays Muslims as immoral and gratuitously violent -- even though the only part of the film seen anywhere has been a brief trailer.
"When videos breach [local] rules, we remove them. Where we have launched YouTube locally and we are notified that a video is illegal in that country, we will restrict access to it after a thorough review," a spokesman for Google told AFP on Monday.
The company declined to say whether it would honor Nikiforov's demands. The video has already been removed in certain countries, notably India, Indonesia, Libya and Egypt. Google said other countries may have blocked the site as well.*
"We have received information from users that they cannot get access to YouTube in Pakistan and Bangladesh. We have checked our networks and there is nothing wrong on our side," a spokesman told FoxNews.com.
Google said last week that it would not block access to the YouTube video in the United States, however. The decision followed a White House request for the trailer for "Innocence of Muslims" to be reviewed under the company’s policies.
The Obama administration was not explicitly asking YouTube to remove the film, but to check if it meets their standards.
"The White House asked YouTube to review the video to see if it was in compliance with their terms of use," Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Friday.
The company determined that the video was within guidelines.
"This video -- which is widely available on the Web -- is clearly within our guidelines and so will stay on YouTube," Google said.[/quote]
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I just hate Russian government! Before that, nobody even heard of "Innocence of Muslims" here. Idiot bastards, this will only increase the popularity of said film AND turn more people against them. If they block it, then, maybe, something big will finally happen though.
where will we get our dashcam crash videos if they do
I'm more convinced that they're trying to use this as a scapegoat to ban access to Youtube, it's been used by political dissidents before and there has been quite a bit of political turmoil in Russia recently.
[QUOTE=Amez;37720544]I'm more convinced that they're trying to use this as a scapegoat to ban access to Youtube, it's been used by political dissidents before and there has been quite a bit of political turmoil in Russia recently.[/QUOTE]
In my opinion they are just trying to check public reaction. If this reason is not sufficent enough, they won't do it, but instead will wait and find better one to do so. They've chosen wrong time to block Youtube - everyone sees that given reason is practically a joke.
I notice their stock photo doesn't have a tab with porn on it this time
Finally, no more fake videos that slander Russian elections, the most fair elections in the world. Dirty liberal-totalitarian American servers hosting slander against my glorious democratic country.
Russia had some bad experience with terrorist in the past. They are doing this for the safety of their nation and hopefully no one go protesting.
No.
No-no-no.
Not YouTube, you motherfuckers.
[QUOTE=Wii60;37720517]where will we get our dashcam crash videos if they do[/QUOTE]
LiveLeak.
Funny because there are at least 2 popular russian youtube clones with a lot more "racist" content. Oh wait, these sites do not have videos that slander russian government.
[QUOTE=BCell;37722424]Russia had some bad experience with terrorist in the past. They are doing this for the safety of their nation and hopefully no one go protesting.[/QUOTE]
Made my day, thanks.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;37721094]I notice their stock photo doesn't have a tab with porn on it this time[/QUOTE]
Go on.
And nothing of value would be lost.
[QUOTE=Ban Evader;37722617]And nothing of value would be lost.[/QUOTE]
Nothing of value would be lost if you got banned from the internet.
[QUOTE=Wii60;37720517]where will we get our dashcam crash videos if they do[/QUOTE]
So much of my free time lost to these clips....I think people would upload them to other sites, then youtubers like TNL would aggregate them into compilations and get them on YT anyway.
[QUOTE=Ban Evader;37722617]And nothing of value would be lost.[/QUOTE]
Please jump off of the highest cliff in your area and land on your face.
All this over a fucking stupid video?
Don't ban YouTube just for that, it's ridiculous and taken too far.
[QUOTE=The golden;37720568]Does the Russian government ever really need a reason? Putin is that kind of leader that doesn't really give a flying fuck what people think about him or his actions.[/QUOTE]
Neither can they do anything about his actions.
[QUOTE=The golden;37720568]Does the Russian government ever really need a reason? Putin is that kind of leader that doesn't really give a flying fuck what people think about him or his actions.[/QUOTE]
It'll go down easier if they pretend to have a reason for it.
FPS Russia will not be amused.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;37722665]Nothing of value would be lost if you got banned from the internet.[/QUOTE]
Bro, didn't you see his name? He can evade every ban you can throw at him, and more!
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;37724242]FPS Russia will not be amused.[/QUOTE]
yeah then everyone will know he's not Russian.
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;37724818]yeah then everyone will know he's not Russian.[/QUOTE]
I know that, it's just a joke.
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