UPDATE 2:05 p.m. ET: According to Google’s Transparency Report, there isn’t currently a visible blockage. “We have received information that users cannot get access to Gmail and Google Search in Iran,” a Google spokesperson told Mashable via email. “We have checked our networks and there is nothing wrong on our […]
Pakistani officials have blocked 20,000 websites, including YouTube, for hosting “objectionable” material, including footage from the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims, a government worker told the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday. The decision came after Google denied a Pakistani appeal to block the film from YouTube, the video-sharing site it […]
Peace in the Middle East is long over due. As a new way to reach out, Israeli president Shimon Peres published this outrageous dance remix video from one of his speeches. The video is featured on YouTubeTrends and NBC-LA, and already has 80,000 views since Monday. Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/03/08/israeli-president-shimon-peres-be-my-friend-for-peace/