Egypt seems to be doing it long-term threat to ban it temporarily on YouTube. The Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the site should be blocked for a month, after allowing 2012 to display the anti-Islamic film Innocence of Muslims.
This particular 13, short, low-budget, film depicted the Prophet Muhammad, which provoked indignation throughout the Islamic world. In Egypt, the 2013 court action began with the requirement to ban the film, but the whole court case, including appeals against the first decision, lasted five years.
According to Reuters, YouTube has not yet commented on the decision of the Supreme Court, which has not entered into force after it has to be written. Unlike 2013, this decision is final and can not be overturned.
To some extent, the ban has lost its intended purpose, and YouTube itself has also changed from 2012, expressing greater willingness to isolate or remove hate videos. But it does not cease to be a punishment for trying to change politics on YouTube, which unfortunately will affect millions of people in jobs and freedom of thought.
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