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YouTube disrupted in Pakistan as former PM Khan streams speech

Posted on August 21, 2022August 22, 2022
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NetBlocks metrics confirm the disruption of YouTube on multiple
internet providers in Pakistan on Sunday 21 August 2022. The
disruption comes as former Prime Minister Imran Khan makes a live
broadcast to the public, despite a ban issued by the Pakistan
Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA).

    [?][?] Confirmed: Metrics corroborate reports of a disruption to
    YouTube in Pakistan on multiple internet providers; the incident
    comes as former PM Imran Khan live streams on the platform
    despite a ban by media regulator PEMRA

     Report: https://t.co/mFBehYjlnY pic.twitter.com/CtD8vYX8f6

    -- NetBlocks (@netblocks) August 21, 2022

Real-time network data show the disruption in effect on some but not
all mobile and fixed-line internet providers in Pakistan during the
live-streamed speech. Access was restored after the speech concluded.
The study is taken from a sample size of 100 measurements from 14
vantage points across Pakistan.

This class of disruption can be worked around using VPN services,
which are able to circumvent government internet censorship measures.

NetBlocks recommends against the use of network disruptions and
social media restrictions to limit political speech, given their
disproportionate impact to fundamental rights including freedom of
expression and freedom assembly.

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Previously:

  * Internet went offline in Pakistan as protestors marched for
    ousted prime minister - The Register

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