Pakistan's Internet censorship

[Prometheus]

After Facebook, YouTube, Pakistan blocks Twitter

Islamabad: After blocking Facebook and Youtube, Pakistani authorities today further widened the crackdown on websites with blasphemous contents by restricting access to popular social networking website Twitter.
Pakistani users were unable to log into Twitter after internet service providers blocked access to the site.
When users tried to log into site, there browsers displayed a message that said "this site is restricted." Over the past two days, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked websites like Facebook and Youtube, citing "sacrilegious contents" on the websites as the reason for the action.
The crackdown began after the Lahore High Court issued an order for blocking Facebook over a page hosting a contest for blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammad. Over 450 URLs have been blocked so far by the authorities.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) yesterday said that YouTube had been blocked due to "sacrilegious contents" but did not point to specific material on the website that prompted the authorities to block it.
The government acted against both Facebook and YouTube after it failed to persuade the websites to remove the "derogatory material," the statement said.

After Facebook, YouTube, Pakistan blocks Twitter - Tech - ibnlive

Plz welcome 20th century again

 

[desiman]

After Facebook, YouTube, Pakistan blocks Twitter

Islamabad: After blocking Facebook and Youtube, Pakistani authorities today further widened the crackdown on websites with blasphemous contents by restricting access to popular social networking website Twitter.
Pakistani users were unable to log into Twitter after internet service providers blocked access to the site.
When users tried to log into site, there browsers displayed a message that said "this site is restricted." Over the past two days, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked websites like Facebook and Youtube, citing "sacrilegious contents" on the websites as the reason for the action.
The crackdown began after the Lahore High Court issued an order for blocking Facebook over a page hosting a contest for blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammad. Over 450 URLs have been blocked so far by the authorities.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) yesterday said that YouTube had been blocked due to "sacrilegious contents" but did not point to specific material on the website that prompted the authorities to block it.
The government acted against both Facebook and YouTube after it failed to persuade the websites to remove the "derogatory material," the statement said.

After Facebook, YouTube, Pakistan blocks Twitter - Tech - ibnlive

Plz welcome 20th century again

Wow twitter too lol whats next ?

 

[Speaker]

in our land of pure....

• we are more kashmiri than kashmiris
• we more Arab than Arabs
• We are more Palestinians than Palestinians
• We are more Chechen Than Chechens
• We are more Afghans than Afghanis
• we are more Iraqi than Iraqis
• We are more Turkish than Turks
• we are more Iranian than Iranians
• in the end we are more Muslim than all other Muslims & self righteous delusional flag bearers of Islam declaring ourselves 'Fort of Islam'

the only thing we are NOT, is Pakistani
ask anyone, are you a Pakistani first or a Muslim, Answer will be 'Muslim' for atlesat 95% of the times

True as that may be, I think most Pakistanis (at least on this forum) are more Pakistani than Muslim. Pakistan's closeness and friendship with certain countries, and their studied silence on the persecution of Muslims in those countries for the sake of national interest (trade/technology) proves that point.

 

[asq]

don't you see how this whole drawmohammad day is because of what muslims did regarding the danish cartoons!?
watch this
********.com - Pakistan bans Facebook over 'draw muhammad day' TODAY
If people hadn't behaved like animals you wouldn't have this today. I don't expect villagers in Afghanistan and Pakistan to understand this but you guys should. You give em a reaction, they will take advantage of it. I would too cuz you guys are tooooooo easy to play with.
Now ban face book, ban you tube etc...
In a year people in the street WILL BE WALKING WITH PICTURES OF MOHAMMAD ON THEIR T SHIRTS!
You guys are making things worse and worse and worse.

It is shamefull that u cannot tell the differance betweeen right nad wrong.

This is not about those who insult, this is about manners, respect and most of all about differanciation between evil and good.

Evil will be checked where ever it is and good will speak against evil and will be should be and ought to be respected.

 

[asq]

True as that may be, I think most Pakistanis (at least on this forum) are more Pakistani than Muslim. Pakistan's closeness and friendship with certain countries, and their studied silence on the persecution of Muslims in those countries for the sake of national interest (trade/technology) proves that point.

U got it wrong Dude. t like an Indian who thinks he has all the answers.
It is not about who we are. It is about opression, about killing and encirling of innocents and most of all about right and wrong. Dude.

 

[asq]

thnk sooner a day'll come when whole of the internet'll be banned.lolz..

If u have nothing good to say than do not say it.

is the old sying, right will win and those who are morons using internet to spread hate, spread disrespect and dishonor should be shut down.

Only brilliance, respect, and imaginations about goodness for mankind will be on Internet.
Evil will be shut down and will be replaced by intelligentce, common sense and science and technology to help mankind saved from sufferings of decease, hunger,racism, greed and from evil's way of working.

 

[manojb]

Hardline muslims around the world lookup up to pakistan now! Many will apply visa for hitch hiking in tribal belt... Taliban/ttp is happy
for rest of us we will have more viruses and malware!

 

[pak-yes]

Actually i am sensing that Indians are the most loving people for Pakistan.

Why the hell do Indians have the problem with few websites getting banned in Pakistan?Who are Indians to tell us whether we are right or wrong when we ourselves have no problem?

 

[sur]

...It is not the fault of Youtube that someone is posting some anti-Islamic material on it. You can always not watch it. ...

It was NOT fault of Afghanistan that (allegedly) saudis hijacked planes,, BUT Afghanistan had to face the consequences for harbouring them,,,

So youtube is punishable for "harbouring" these videos which incited the ban.

I remember how often I herd this word,,,"harbouring" was the pet word of US rulers those days...

I once uploaded a video on youtube about violence in india,,, they told me it violated the rules & deleted it,,, So where's that check-&-balance when it comes to offending muslims,,???

Whatever happened to Azadi, Roshan Khayali, ehtadaal pasandi?

There was a "Roshan Khiali" by Mr.Musharaf,,, which was described by Lord Nazir Ahmad as "BayGhairatee"... So it depends on how u define "Roshan Khayali"... True muslim is more "Roshan Khayal" than many BUT NOT "BayGhairat"...

 

[s90]

Actually i am sensing that Indians are the most loving people for Pakistan.

Why the hell do Indians have the problem with few websites getting banned in Pakistan?Who are Indians to tell us whether we are right or wrong when we ourselves have no problem?

Who said we dont have any problem?

 

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[DaRk WaVe]

Facebook furore​

Protesters burn mock Danish flags, where cartoons of Prophet Muhammad were published, during a rally against the Facebook page “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!” in Karachi on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. - Photo by AP.

There is no doubt that a Facebook member’s invitation to users on the social networking site to draw the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was in poor taste and deserving of strong condemnation. It is debatable whether freedom of expression should extend to material that is offensive to the sensibilities, traditions and beliefs of religious, ethnic or other communities.

Nevertheless, the Lahore High Court’s instructions to the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority to block Facebook constituted an example of Pakistan’s tendency for knee-jerk reactions. Soon after the judgment, users found that PTA had blocked the entire site and later resorted to shutting down other popular sites as well. If the authorities feared a violent public reaction, would it not have been enough to block just the offending section, rather than depriving millions of Internet surfers in Pakistan of the use of one of the most popular sites on the web? In fact, many users have been able to circumvent the restrictions by accessing the blocked material through proxy servers. After all, many users feel, and rightly so, that they can decide for themselves what is or is not offensive, and choose not to access material that is repugnant to their beliefs.

Meanwhile, we must ask ourselves why Pakistanis have reached a juncture where they have played right into the hands of those who think nothing of displaying or publishing material that denigrates their beliefs. By reacting the way we do we only harm ourselves and, in the process, even become a subject of derision. The irony was evident in the protests over the Danish newspaper caricatures some years ago. The fallout was arson and looting of our own assets. In the present case, while other Muslim countries, Egypt, Bangladesh and Turkey among them, have witnessed resentment against the Facebook competition the site was not blocked, nor were there reports of violence. The war on terror has divided the world, and the misuse of technology to deride beliefs and hurt feelings will not stop. Pakistanis should learn to protest peacefully, and in a manner that does not deprive other Pakistanis of their rights.

 

[Quaid-i-Azam]

^^^everybody has too much time on their hands

 

[S.U.R.B.]

well to be frank ,i am not a big fan of facebook either.
A time waste for me.

Lekin in pics mein yeh 90% wo log hein ginhon nahe shayad zindigi mein khubhi facebook khud istmal nahe ke ho ge.....


Boycott karnae sae pehle check to karloo hae kia ye Facebook