Earlier, American federal appeals court ordered Google to remove all copies of anti-Islam film from YouTube following an appeal filed by one of the actresses of the film who was forced out of home and work place because of the threats.
US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said in its verdict that the trial court was wrong not to issue an injunction order to remove the anti-Islam film that sparked violent protests worldwide, some of which even resulted in dozens of casualties. YouTube has been banned in Pakistan since September 2012 because of the same reason.
The actress Cindy Lee Garcia maintained she was tricked into doing the film under its working title ‘Desert Warrior’ and her voice was dubbed on several occasions to utter anti-Islam remarks.
Court judge wrote in the verdict speaking in favour of the actress that “"While answering a casting call for a low-budget amateur film doesn’t often lead to stardom, it also rarely turns an aspiring actress into the subject of a fatwa,”
"The film differs so radically from anything Garcia could have imagined when she was cast that it can’t possibly be authorized by any implied license she granted.” Judge Alex Kozinski said.
Earlier, a Pakistani rights group who is fighting YouTube ban in Lahore High Court said to Newsweek Pakistan that the government has no reason to maintain the ban now that the videos are to be removed from YouTube.
Bytes for All spokesperson Shahzad Ahmed said that the ban has more to do with government’s censorship and moral policing than blasphemy.
YouTube has been banned in Pakistan since September 2012 following violent protests that left over a dozen dead and several injured.
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