

Rehman explained to the committee that the government had succeeded in convincing the Google management about religious sensitivities of Pakistanis. The government has been trying to block specific videos but has been unable to do so till now. The ban was imposed after YouTube refused to heed to Pakistan government's request to remove 'Innocence of the Muslims' from the website, a film that was considered blasphemous and sparked violence in many Muslim countries across the world. The world's largest videos sharing website was blocked in the country in September last year on the orders of then Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.
