Facebook, Google and Twitter Rebel Against Pakistan’s Censorship Rules

[ArsalanKhan21]

Facebook, Google and Twitter threaten to leave Pakistan.


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/technology/pakistan-internet-censorship.html

Facebook, Google and Twitter Rebel Against Pakistan’s Censorship Rules
The battle is the latest skirmish between internet companies and governments over who decides what content should be online.

Facebook, Google, Twitter and others have banded together and threatened to leave Pakistan and its 70 million internet users in digital darkness.Credit...Aamir Qureshi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
By Vindu Goel and Salman Masood

• Feb. 27, 2020

MUMBAI, India — When Pakistan’s government unveiled some of the world’s most sweeping rules on internet censorship this month, global internet companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter were expected to comply or face severe penalties — including the potential shutdown of their services.

 

[graphican]

There is no blanket freedom of expression. You cannot speak in the favour of terrorism, or holocaust - and rightfully so. There is no difference in the hurt which Muslims feel vs Christians or Jews feel - and there must be no freedom to malign Islam or its values.

Disagreement is not equal to insult. You can disagree with Islam but you cannot insult it.

• All prophets must be respected including Prophets of Christians, Jews and Islam. If you want to take the liberty to insult yours, doesn't mean you are permitted to malign Prophet of Islam. You do not have the right hurt religious sentiments of others.
• You can disagree with the Quran but you cannot celebrate Burn a Quran Day
• You can allow freedom of opinion, but cannot back terrorists killing innocents in Pakistan.

If social media fails to see the picture, you got to work with them and make them see. Pakitan is not asking for anything which is out and beyond the current norms of the world. The only difference is that it is asking for enforcement of laws which work for the West and have not been working for Pakistan or Islam.

 

[Vortex]

Better these companies leave Pakistan. With Facebook, Pakistanis gave on golden plate every details of their life. Same with Google and Twitter.

 

[El Sidd]

The government should sue them.

When there is a will, there's a way.

Most of these are just data centers used by Indian call centres to spam people and fake their identity.

 

[Itachi]

Better these companies leave Pakistan. With Facebook, Pakistanis gave on golden plate every details of their life. Same with Google and Twitter.

Why has no Pakistani made equivalent apps like China does??

For all of my "anti-China" posts (according to certain Pakis and Chinese), I do give my fair share of credit to what China has actually done that's good for their country.

 

[El Sidd]

Why has no Pakistani made equivalent apps like China does??

But how will paid vloggers come and testify that we ain't terrorists?

 

[beijingwalker]

Don't leave your social media platforms to hostile countries hands, they can be used against you at your enemeies will and wreak havoc to your countrie. It's common sense.

 

[ShaikhKamal]

Pakistan must not isolate itself in Social Media. The Pakistani people are immersed in Social Media and there will be strong reaction against the government. Pakistan is not North Korea or China !

Better these companies leave Pakistan. With Facebook, Pakistanis gave on golden plate every details of their life. Same with Google and Twitter.

Don't leave your social media platforms to hostile countries hands, they can be used against you at your enemeies will and wreak havoc to your countrie. It's common sense.

 

[beijingwalker]

Pakistan must not isolate itself in Social Media. The Pakistani people are immersed in Social Media and there will be strong reaction against the government. Pakistan is not North Korea or China !

Social media now is everything in China, Wechat, Weibo..., but we'll never allow foreign countries to control them, giving your social media control to foreign countries is like handing a gun to them and letting them to point it on your head.

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Pakistani infant e-commerce industry will be doomed if Google punishes Pakistan. So better be careful here.

 

[Itachi]

Pakistan must not isolate itself in Social Media. The Pakistani people are immersed in Social Media and there will be strong reaction against the government. Pakistan is not North Korea or China !

You're misunderstanding.....there's a big difference in having your own social media apps (like China does)....controlling social media (like China and NK do) and not even having a social media (like NK, I think)...


You should reread what me and BW wrote...

Pakistani infant e-commerce industry will be doomed if Google punishes Pakistan. So better be careful here.

Good, you relay on outsiders too much and they'll have you by the nuts.

 

[Leviza]

Pakistan must not isolate itself in Social Media. The Pakistani people are immersed in Social Media and there will be strong reaction against the government. Pakistan is not North Korea or China !

Don’t worry
Don’t be afraid of being isolated
No company in the world will stop working in Pakistan from these social media companies

Infact they get a lot of $$ for Pakistan

 

[Itachi]

Infact they get a lot of $$ for Pakistan

$$$ and big data which Pakistanis are just giving away to outsiders...

Who then use the data and further their monetary, economic, social and sometimes......militaristic goals.

 

[beijingwalker]

Pakistani infant e-commerce industry will be doomed if Google punishes Pakistan. So better be careful here.

It's not rocket science, every country can build their own. Social media now can exert bigger influence to the public than the government, you should know how dangerous it will become if it's in foreign hands.

 

[Leviza]

Pakistani infant e-commerce industry will be doomed if Google punishes Pakistan. So better be careful here.

come one , google makes more money from Pakistan in Adwords then any other company like it
They will negotiate and will never leave Pakistan

if they do another open platform is available for someone to start

$$$ and big data which Pakistanis are just giving away to outsiders...

Who then use the data and further their monetary, economic, social and sometimes......militaristic goals.

Yep that’s my point

these big name will negotiate and will never leave open ground for another Pakistani startup to rule them eventually