# Which small nation has brought down YouTube this time?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-small-nation-has-brought-down-youtube-this-time/447884
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 3, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-small-nation-has-brought-down-youtube-this-time/447884 "2008-05-03T14:12:42Z")
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### Author: ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-small-nation-has-brought-down-youtube-this-time/447884/1 "2008-05-03T14:12:42Z")

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I’m going with France on this one.

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### Author: ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-small-nation-has-brought-down-youtube-this-time/447884/2 "2008-05-03T17:09:18Z")

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Again, with sense, please?

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-small-nation-has-brought-down-youtube-this-time/447884/3 "2008-05-03T17:13:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]  
Again, with sense, please?  
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A few weeks ago - While you were asleep - Pakistan accidentally killed youtube for the whole world when it implemented a pakistan-only block.

(or was it china? I can’t remember)

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### Author: ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-small-nation-has-brought-down-youtube-this-time/447884/4 "2008-05-03T18:59:41Z")

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France is hardly a “small nation”.

> [@Lobsang](#):
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> A few weeks ago - While you were asleep - Pakistan accidentally killed youtube for the whole world when it implemented a pakistan-only block.
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> (or was it china? I can’t remember)

[Yep, 'twas Pakistan](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/25/pakistan_blocks_youtube/)