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Interesting development. People are beginning to realize that YouTube has a lot to offer for education.

Brigham Young University, a Mormon Church institution where students agree to live a chaste and virtuous life, has lifted its almost three-year policy of blocking access to YouTube.

Administrators lifted the ban on Friday, citing an increasing amount of educational material on the popular video-sharing site, a university spokeswoman, Carri Jenkins, said.

YouTube has its own filters for pornography, but the university added it to the list of Web sites blocked by campus online filters in 2006 because administrators felt there was too much content that could violate the university’s strict standards.

The university’s software also blocks pornography, adult content and violence from other sites.

The university cited limited bandwidth as another factor in the decision. But some professors have complained that they could not gain access to relevant YouTube content in the classroom.

“I think there’s no other way but to provide all of it,” Ms. Jenkins said.

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