巴基斯坦：政府过滤内容YouTube终获解禁

在终止服务三年之后，全球最大的视频网站YouTube周一正式重返巴基斯坦市场。YouTube为重返巴基斯坦市场，专门为该国推出了特殊版，准许巴基斯坦政府对认为存有亵渎的视频内容进行过滤。

测试中可能遇到的词汇和知识：

inflammatory 煽动性的[ɪn'flæmət(ə)rɪ]

alongside 在…旁边[əlɒŋ'saɪd]

telecom 电信['telɪkɒm]

pagan 异教徒的['peɪg(ə)n]

censorship 审查制度['sensəʃɪp]

blasphemous 亵渎神明的['blæsfəməs]

quell 平息[kwel]

Pakistan lifts YouTube ban after three years（342words）

By Leslie Hook in San Francisco and Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad

Pakistan announced on Monday that it was restoring YouTube access in the country,after Google created a Pakistan-specific version of its video platform that allows authorities to censor content on the site.

YouTube was blocked in Pakistan in 2012 after the posting of an inflammatory video,Innocence of Muslims,sparked violent protests across the Muslim world. The three-year ban has been one of the site's most high-profile outages,alongside its legal battles in Turkey.

Pakistan's government on Monday ordered the country's telecom regulator to lift a ban on YouTube within 48 hours,a senior Pakistani official told the Financial Times. “We have reached an understanding with YouTube so that material considered offensive will not be shown in Pakistan,” he said.

Under the agreement,the Pakistan Telecom Authority will be able to ask YouTube to remove any material it deems offensive,the government said in a statement.

YouTube maintains more than 85 country-specific sites around the world in order to showcase local content,and in some cases to comply with local censorship laws.

In Google's most recent transparency report,the company said that YouTube received more than 12,000 takedown requests from governments during the second half of 2014.The company said it had complied with about half of these demands.

Western diplomats said the ban had become irrelevant as many users in Pakistan had found ways to access YouTube using proxy servers. “Many users were able to successfully access YouTube so what was the point[of]keeping the ban,” said one.

YouTube and other US sites including Facebook have faced periodic blocks in Pakistan over content that is deemed to be blasphemous.

The film,which sparked the ban and caused riots across the Muslim world,was a crude piece of propaganda against the Prophet Mohammed. After the attacks,YouTube removed the video from its site in Egypt and in Libya,but it remained uploaded in other countries.

Protests in Pakistan over the film grew so large that the US government ran advertisements on local television denouncing the film,hoping to quell the violence.

1.How could YouTube get the permit from Pakistan?

A.create a specific version

B.bribe local officials

C.setup the upload limit

D.real-name system

[1] 答案

2.Who sparked violent protests after the “inflammatory video” in 2012?

A.local people

B.Buddhists

C.US authorities

D.Muslims

[2] 答案

3.What kind of contents can be removed by Pakistan's government?

A.religious

B.offensive

C.pagan

D.pornographic

[3] 答案

4.Why the western diplomats said the ban had become irrelevant?

A.Pakistani didn't like watching video at all.

B.Pakistani could access YouTube using proxy servers.

C.Google did not care about advertising revenue in Pakistan.

D.The violence can't be quelled by police.

[4] 答案

[1]答案：A.create a specific version

解释：谷歌设立了一个巴基斯坦专用版YouTube网站，允许巴基斯坦当局审查该网站的内容。

[2]答案：D.Muslims

解释：视频引发了整个穆斯林世界的暴力抗议。

[3]答案：B.offensive

解释：根据协议，巴基斯坦电信管理局(Pakistan Telecom Authority)可要求YouTube移除一切该局认为具有冒犯性的内容。

[4]答案：B.Pakistani could access YouTube using proxy servers.

解释：YouTube被封之后，巴基斯坦的网民用代理服务系统或VPN翻墙上网浏览。