Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Everyone Draw Muhammad Day
Oh those freedom-loving Pakis! Today, May 20, is the third annual “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.” In order to prevent all of Pakistan’s future terrorists from self-detonating all at once, Pakistan blocked Twitter for the entire country. I predict that the Taliban will take over their crappy excuse for a government any time now.
From the NYTimes here:
The Pakistani government blocked access to the social networking service Twitter for much of Sunday, after publicly holding Twitter responsible for promoting what it described as a blasphemous cartoon contest taking place on Facebook, officials said.
The restoration of Twitter service late in the evening was as sudden as its suspension earlier in the day.
The shutdowns began around midday Sunday, in a rolling ban that almost immediately brought a huge public outcry on other social media.
The government had been in talks with Twitter to remove “objectionable” material but that there had been no results. Facebook had agreed to allay the concerns of the Pakistani government.
It remained unclear — and unlikely — that Twitter had agreed to the demands of the Pakistani government before access was restored, at roughly 10 p.m. Sunday.
This is the Draw Muhammad Twitter Search link. This is the Facebook page. Go take a peek and see what freedom looks like.
Draw Muhammad today. #Muhammad twitpic.com/9ncrjb
— Eating Babies (@EatABaby) May 20, 2012
