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PTA Bans Website Of Gay People In Pakistan

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Increasing restrictions on online freedom of expression (FoE) in Pakistan is becoming order of the day as the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), monitoring Internet, blocked a website of gay people.   The PTA justified the move in the name of religion with its spokesman confirming the decision was taken upon ... Read More »

Internet Surveillance In Pakistan

Tanvir Siddiqui (Not real name) calls himself a hacktavist (Hacking activist). He is the kind of geeky young man from Karachi who hacks into computer systems he claims for ethical reasons. He told me surveillance through internet had picked up in Pakistan after September 11 attacks.   To show how ... Read More »