As we all know www.facebook.com and www.youtube.com are already banned on many of the cell phone internet providers across the valley and in Jammu. But as the order passed today there will be no use of these websites in the valley (Kashmir) from 2nd Oct 2012 as the result of a anti-Islam video on YouTube. Internet users in Jammu and Kashmir are unable to access Facebook and YouTube on their cellphones after 2nd oct 2012. The government had issued orders to Internet service providers to restrict access to the websites. This move is believed to be in response to the protests against the anti-Islam video on YouTube.
It was previously reported that the certain URLs with offensive content had been blocked, but it now seems that access to the entire websites have been restricted. Last month the Government of Jammu & Kashmir had directed service providers to ensure that the controversial YouTube video was not accessible from the state.
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The order was issued by the state Home Department, invoking the powers conferred under section 5(2) of the Indian Telegraph Act 1885.
“In the interest of public safety and for maintaining public order, the government directed all licensed Telecom Service Providers and Internet Service Providers to make arrangements to ensure that their subscribers in Jammu and Kashmir should not be able to download or upload the contents” with regard to the video, the order said.
The order also emphasised that if necessary entire domains could also be blocked by service providers. “If necessary, due to technical reasons, the Fully Qualified Domain Names shall be blocked viz www.youtube.com, www.facebook.com etc,” the order read.
Meanwhile, the Government of India has asked private telecom operators in Jammu and Kashmir to provide at the earliest a mechanism for fool-proof monitoring of real-time Internet traffic in the state
What the fucking govt think of itself. .
B.C frstly bannd the msgs n nw the facebook. .
Why dnt they cut out the ph n net services from the valley n let jammu people live. . Making it a jail. . Or let jammu b a differ state. .
These motherfuckers gve evry facily to the asshole kashmiris. . N taking evn the basic need of evry youth frm the jammuans. .
Fb is a source of media n info for many of us. .
Nw we have to switch to fuddu channels like ibn7 to keep ourself update. . What a shame. .
I advice the govt to remve ths ban. . Else it would b pain in their ass. . .
wt d helll govt doing bannned fb ‘y they take so harsh decisions n make youths feeel worrried n y jmu n kashmir suffers if somethng happpns outside stat or outside country””sad n bad