Tajikistan is no stranger to banning websites. The government also has a committee that has been specifically set-up for this very purpose.

Tajikistan President Imomali Rakhmon. Reuters

If you are the president of a country you can do anything. Anything at all!



And that is exactly what the Tajikistan president Emomali Rakhmon did when he got to know of a video on YouTube that showed him having a good time at his son's wedding in 2007. (SCROLL DOWN TO SEE VIDEO)



Incensed that the video had gone viral, Rahmon embarked on a censorship spree effectively blocking YouTube in the country. The website of the television channel that broadcast it initially was also blocked completely between May 18 and 27.



However, instead of having the desired effect, Rahmon's move has made him a victim of the Streisand effect (where an attempt to hide, remove or censor a piece of information unfortunately leads to the publicising of the information more widely, usually on the internet).









Tajikistan is no stranger to banning websites. The government also has a committee that has been specifically set-up for this very purpose. It has blocked YouTube as well as Facebook many times in recent years.