Time for Pakistani OMG activists to scream! The Pakistani Telecom Regulator, its Ministry of IT and the Interministerial parliamentary committee have taken concrete steps to block undesirable content.
This time it has somehow gone too public while the same guy and president of the Internet Service Providers association who advised and helped the association to support the government to issue an RFP for the implementation of a National Firewall for the country is now opposing blanket censorship crackdowns since he isn't in the loop ;o) Anyways, its Online content blocking and censorship season again and this time its not even the usually suspected content but more of some intimate phone calls between politicians and heads of government departments hidden marriages and leaks!!! http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-16721-PTA-orders-blocking-of-scandalous-stuff-on-internet FoOoOoOoOoO! _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list [email protected] Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech
