Protests against the controversial film ‘Innocence of Muslims’ continued on Saturday even as messages on instant messaging services did the rounds in the city urging people to boycott YouTube and Google from September 21 to September 23 as a mark of protest for not having blocked the film. City police officials said that nine of the 17 URLs hosting the film had been blocked. However, the film remained readily available on many other sites fuelling the protests.
In the fifth such protest in the city, around 300 people gathered in Masab Tank at a political party’s office to condemn the controversial film. Shahbaz Khan, TDP city president, minority cell said, “The film can still be watched on YouTube. We have demanded that the government take necessary action to completely block the film on the internet. Otherwise, we will stage a protest in front of the American embassy. We have also spoken to other parties and organisations to join protests in the future.” Sources said that what had started off as a forum to discuss issues to be taken up at the TDP’s Minority Convention on September 27 turned into an effigy burning affair.
The series of protests is expected to continue with Insaf, the minority wing of CPI, planning a public meeting on Sunday at Urdu Hall in Himayatnagar on the same issue.
Apart from ‘Innocence of Muslims’ produced by Sam Bascile, SMSes alleged that another Danish film with objectionable content was live on YouTube, which some said was a 2008 film and had been on the internet since then.
–Courtesy:Timesofindia
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