# Pakistan Blocks YouTube over 'Blasphemous' Videos February 25, 2008 Author: Staff Writer Source: The Christian Science Monitor/AP and Agence France-Presse Pakistan has ordered all Internet service providers to block the YouTube website for containing "blasphemous" content and material considered offensive to Islam, officials said Sunday. An inter-ministerial committee has decided to block YouTube because it contained "blasphemous content, videos and documents," a government official told Agence France-Presse. "The site will remain blocked till further orders." The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) told the country's 70 Internet service providers Friday that the popular website would be blocked until further notice, the Associated Press reports. See also:- [ Arts/Media ](/news-stories/artsmedia) - [ Prophet Muhammed Cartoon Controversy ](/news-stories/prophet-muhammed-cartoon-controversy) - [ Science/Technology ](/news-stories/sciencetechnology) - [ Religious Freedom ](/news-stories/religious-freedom) - [ Islam ](/religions/islam) - [ International ](/tags/international) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)