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Bahrain Blocks YouTube Pages and More

Categories: Bahrain

In the midst of protests [1] in Bahrain's capital of Manama that resulted in over 200 arrests and at least one death, evidence suggests that the government has clamped down on the Web, blocking access to specific YouTube pages and videos as well as, possibly, video live-streaming site Bambuser.com.

[2]

The blockpage for a YouTube video in Bahrain

The blocked video [3] is below, and appears to show police firing at unarmed protesters: