2012-09-12/YouTube Blocks Access to Controversial Video in Egypt and Libya

title/short::YouTube Blocks Access to Controversial Video in Egypt and Libya
 * when: when posted::2012-09-12
 * author: author::Eva Galperin
 * source: site::Electronic Frontier Foundation
 * topics: topic::YouTube topic::Innocence of Muslims topic::censorship topic::Egypt topic::Libya
 * link: URL::https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/09/youtube-blocks-access-controversial-video-egypt-and-libya
 * title: title::YouTube Blocks Access to Controversial Video in Egypt and Libya
 * summary: In an unusual move, YouTube announced today that it was blocking access to a video showing clips from "The Innocence of Muslims"– an anti-Islamic film that depicts Prophet Mohammed as a philanderer who approves of child abuse – after the film sparked violent protests in Egypt and Libya.