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Egyptian Court Wants To Block YouTube For a Month

Posted by timothy on from the new-regime-of-youthful-exuberance dept.

First time accepted submitter rogue-girl writes that a "Cairo Administrative Court announced earlier on Feb. 9 that a ruling has been issued to block YouTube within the country for 30 days. This decision comes after a lawsuit was filed back in September 2012 during the turmoil caused by the infamous trailer 'The Innocence of Muslims' spread through the popular video platform. The Court has also asked for all websites having published parts or the entire trailer to be banned for 30 days."

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  1. It's because of the police abuse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They are blocking it because they are ashamed of the police abuse caught on videos. The 'Innocence of Muslims' video is excuse they are using to hide.

    Here's the real thing they want to hide from:

    Man being dragged, beaten, and stripped of clothes - http://youtu.be/AlgUUGKZ4R4

    Man in wheel chair shot by police - http://youtu.be/WAOkfxibwr0

    Police use live ammunition and shoot randomly in the city of Tanta - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k27pETl46qg

    More photos and videos here of the stuff going on: http://egyptianstreets.com/2013/01/29/revolution-2-0/

    Thanks to StormXMX on reddit for the links. I only repost so others can be aware of what is happening.

    1. Re:It's because of the police abuse by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Meanwhile, what authorities are allowing on Egyptian television, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/09/fear-of-assassinations-haunt-egypt-opposition/1905675/

      CAIRO (AP) — Watching the events in Tunisia, where a leading anti-Islamist politician was shot to death this past week, members of Egypt's liberal opposition are fearfully asking: Could it happen here too?

      Their fears of a renegade Islamist attack on any of the top opposition leaders have been hiked by religious edicts issued by hardline clerics on TV saying they must be killed.

      Islamic democracy functions like this: One man, one vote . . . once.

      Once they get in power, the first order of the day is to kill off any opposition. There is never a real election again.

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  2. Re:Good! by flyneye · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Looking at world history, uhm, this can't end well

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  3. Yawn. Savages reject modernity, film at 11. by pla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yo dawg, I heard you wanted some violence with your violence, so I sent you a prophet!

    Believe whatever you want in private, but the sooner we start considering overt belief in a sky-friend as nothing short of a disease, the better. Religion would count as no fewer than half a dozen major diagnostic categories from the DSM (v4, anyway - who the fark knows what else they screwed up in v5), except that it explicitly exempts religious delusions.

    So no, you all don't actually get a pass any more. You chat with god? Take your olanzapine like a good little psychotic! There we go. Don't we all feel less like blowing up buildings and raping Western reporters now? Hmm, I wonder if we could get it added to their water...


    / And if you consider this trolling... Well, suffice it to say I wish I meant this as a sad attempt at trolling. Not so funny that we really live in this fucked up world.