You tube that is owned by the Google has been reportedly block by the Chinese government a reported by Reuters. It is a known fact that Chinese government filters out the internet for critical comments against the communist party.
But the Chinese Foreign Minister said on last Tuesday “China is not afraid of the Internet; many people have a false impression that the Chinese government fears the Internet. In fact it is just the opposite”. He has reported that he hasn’t got any idea regarding the blockage of Youtube in China.
Google spokesman Scott Rubin confirmed the blockage of Youtube in China for the last 36 hours, doesn’t know the reason for the blockage. Officials are working to restore the services in China to restore the service as quickly as possible.
Youtube blockage and google blockage have been a common occurrence in China for the past several years for brief periods. This is said to be another similar kind of period, but the duration of the blockage is said to be unknown.
Youtube access was in trouble even in the early March, as it was the one year anniversary of the widespread protests against the Chinese government by the Tibetants.
Qin said China's 300 million Internet users and 100 million blogs showed "China's Internet is open enough, but also needs to be regulated by law in order to prevent the spread of harmful information and for national security."
An Internet crackdown that began in January has closed hundreds of Chinese sites, including a popular blog hosting site and several sites popular with Tibetans.
Youtube is country specific site in 23 countries has already been blocked in countries like Turkey, Thailand as some of the videos were disturbing them
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