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Pakistan's attempts to block access to YouTube have been blamed for a near global blackout of the site on Sunday. Google, the owner of YouTube, blamed the outage on "erroneous internet protocols", sourced in Pakistan. According to BBC News, the nearly two-hour long blackout was almost certainly connected to Pakistan Telecom and internet service provider PCCW.

Update: Declan McCullagh on CNet reports on How Pakistan knocked YouTube offline (and how to make sure it never happens again), BBC reports Pakistan has rejected claims that it was responsible for blocking global access to the YouTube video clip site

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