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Brigham Young University lifts ban on You Tube

Administrators decide value of educational content outweighs objectionable material
June 30, 2009

From The Salt Lake Tribune: Administrators at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, have lifted a long-standing block on You Tube after deciding that its rich educational content justified making it available on the campus, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Almost since YouTube's inception in 2005, the university's Internet network blocked the site. The YouTube policy was broadly unpopular among BYU students, although many appreciated the rationale behind it.

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