KUALA LUMPUR: Google Malaysia is facing massive anger after Muslims in the country reported that the anti-Islam “film” clip that sparked protests across the Islamic world was still viewable in the country. Despite the Internet giant promising to revoke access to the inflammatory clip in the country, users told Bikyamasr.com that they had been able to access clips of the film on Tuesday. While many of the links on YouTube and Google read that “this content is not available in your country due to a legal complaint,” other clips were still available to users. Bikyamasr.com confirmed on Tuesday morning that a number of new users had uploaded clips of the 14-minute trailer that had sparked the outrage. “I am shocked that this is happening. After all the anger and violence, I would have thought Google would be on top of things and not allow it to surface again,” Aziz Razak, an Internet cafe owner, told Bikyamasr.com. “A few young students were outraged when they heard the news this morning and then found the clip. They want answers.” Google Malaysia did not want to give any on Tuesday, refusing calls for a comment. “MCMC (Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission) has asked to remove the content and Google has taken action on it but the problem now appears to be that copies of the video are being made and uploaded on YouTube,” said an Internet industry insider familiar with the matter in comments to The Star newspaper. Google, the parent company of YouTube, reported that it has begun limiting access of the clip after angry anti-American protests saw violence in the Middle East last week. It came after the country's Internet regulator asked the company to remove the content. But the film has been reported to be viewable in Malaysia as well as Egypt on Tuesday. The film, titled “Innocence of Muslism," portrays Islam's Prophet Mohamed as a child sexual abuser, violent and potentially homosexual. The film is insulting to Muslims. A spokesman for YouTube, said on Monday that it began restricting access to clips of the privately-produced film Sunday, in line with its community guidelines. “When videos breach those rules, we remove them. Where we have launched YouTube locally and we are notified that a video is illegal in that country, we will restrict access to it after a thorough review," he said. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) was reported to have asked Google Saturday to remove clips of the controversial film, believed to have been produced by a small group of extremist Christians in the United States, from YouTube. “The clip needs to be removed completely from all users because it is unnecessarily there and creates tension," added a sheikh on Monday.
