Pakistan's students took to the streets Thursday as growing reaction against the "godless" Internet images of the Prophet Muhammad who saw the government to block Facebook and YouTube.
Today access to the lexicon website Wikipedia and photo-sharing site Flickr was also limited.
But ingenious Internet users simply switched to micro-blogging site Twitter to send its complaint alongside the protest to the world.
There are fears today that Twitter may be the next targets Pakistani traffic to increase considerably.
"Sad and embarrassing day in the history of Pakistan. Tough times to be a Pakistani. Questionable decisions in a" democracy "," one user tweet.
"What is ordinary to Facebook and Lashkar-e-Taiba? A user on Twitter wrote, referring to a Pakistani militant group supposed to have carried out terror attacks in Mumbai.
"They are both banned in Pakistan, but the Pakistanis can still discover them if they desire."
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have all been at the forefront of revolutionary protests in recent years, particularly during last year's Iranian vote.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority does not identify any exacting material on YouTube that made it to block the site, simply citing 'growing impious happy. "
In an official declaration said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority - the administration took action against both the Facebook and YouTube after it failed to influence Web sites to remove the "insulting material." Two legislative body from Facebook and YouTube will get in touch with the Pakistani government to resolve the dispute by guarantee "religious harmony and high opinion."
Do not just Facebook and YouTube, but the Internet regulatory body Pakistan has infertile about 450 sites in the last two days. twist it!
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