Indonesia threatens to block YouTube over “Fitna” the movie

Posted 1 April 2008 16:45 GMT

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বাংলা	· ইন্দোনেশিয়া 'ফিতনা' স্বল্পদৈর্ঘ চলচিত্র হোস্ট করার জন্যে ইউটিউব ব্লক করতে চাচ্ছে
македонски	· Индонезија се заканува со блокирање на ЈуТјуб поради филмот „Фитна“

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Indonesia is threatening to block Youtube unless the video-sharing web site removes the 15 minutes anti-Muslim film “Fitna” made by the Dutch MP Geert Wilders, the leader of the anti-immigration Freedom Party (PVV).

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