Indonesia restores website access following protests

Updated April 11, 2008 22:00:14

Indonesia's main Internet providers say they have restored access to YouTube and other sites carrying a controversial anti-Islam film following "overwhelming" protests from web users.

The move comes just days after web providers blocked the sites at the government's request.

The government is facing accusations of censorship over the ban, which many small business owners say is affecting their livelihoods.

Internet providers say they will instead try block access to individual pages carrying the film, "Fitna."

Access to the popular video-sharing site YouTube and the social networking site MySpace were blocked on Tuesday following protests against the film, which intersperses images of terrorist attacks with quotes from the Koran.