Pakistan's new Minister of State for telecommunications and Anusha Rahman Khan has threatened to ban Google from the country if the technology giant doesn't block the "blasphemous and offensive" content of YouTube.
Khan addressed the content of Google during its first day in Office on Sunday in the middle of a discussion about to end nine months of Pakistan ban on YouTube. The country initiated the ban in September of last year following the publication of a trailer for the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims", which criticized the Prophet Muhammad and led to violent protests, widespread across Pakistan.
Khan said that his Ministry "working to ensure the reopening of YouTube as soon as possible with full projection of objectionable material," according to Dawn, Pakistan's English-language newspaper.
"It will pump in extra money, if necessary, and do whatever is in our ability to bring YouTube to Pakistan without compromising our ethical values," said the document.
Forty-nine countries have a "localized version" of YouTube, director of communications and public affairs for Google for Malaysia to Pakistan Daily Times, adding that it takes time to create new versions.
"We offer local content that is more relevant to users in that country and also abide by the laws of that country", Zeffri Yusof told the newspaper. "When we are notified that a video is illegal, limited access to it in that country after a thorough review."
According to the open network initiative, YouTube is able to block the content of certain countries, using a code not included in the documentation of the API of the hidden site.
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