YouTube banned in Egypt over anti-Islam film

February 09, 2013 21:53

An Egyptian court today ordered blocking of video-sharing website YouTube for a month for hosting an anti-Islam film that triggered deadly outrage across the Muslim world last year.

After a complaint by an Egyptian who accused YouTube of being a "threat to social peace" by putting the US-made film 'Innocence of Muslims' online, the administrative court ruled the authorities must take measures to block access to the site

for a month.

The verdict also applies to any website that aided in the sharing of the 13-minute film.

The low-production movie deemed offencive to Islam sparked a wave of angry anti-American protests across the world in which more than 30 people were killed. Today's ruling is the first in cases related to the movie as several more await court verdicts.

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