Does anyone know if Libya and Egypt have blasphemy laws, or just volatility?
The guy wasn't charged for pointing out "this isn't a miracle". He was charged for following it up with a series of accusations -- claiming that it was a scam set up by local priests (defamation), and making comments about how religious people are "gullible", "regressive", "irrational", etc. (provocation). He went well beyond debunking and into the realm of conjecture/speculation, and ended up violating a number of local laws by doing so.
As far as I know, none of his appeals relate to the "scam" remarks, which even in the US would fall under defamation laws.
Google said it decided to block the video in response to violence that killed four American diplomatic personnel in Libya. The company said its decision was unusual, made because of the exceptional circumstances.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/technology/google-blocks-i...
More here:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/09/youtube-blocks-access-...