Internet users in Bangladesh are not able to access YouTube since Friday (March 6, 2009) evening. Soon people discovered that other Social Media and file hosting/sharing sites like Esnips, mediafire etc. were also not accessible. Apparently these are blocked by the firewalls at IIG (International Internet Gateway) as these can be accessed by proxy.
Torpon appeals [...]
Internet Filtering Monitor
Monitoring Internet Filtering around the world
Tag Archives: Bangladesh
Bangladesh: YouTube and File Sharing Sites Blocked
Bangladesh: YouTube And Esnips ban confirmed
Mash at Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying reports that “Bangladesh has blocked YouTube and some other file sharing websites after audio of a meeting between the Prime Minister and a large gathering of army senior officers was leaked and posted on YouTube.” Quoting news sources the blogger confirms that a government official defended [...]