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Pakistan web users force government backtrack on internet filtering

Posted by Marta Cooper on Apr 12, 2012 in Asia and Pacific, Bolo Bhi, Bytes for All, Freedom of Expression, internet censorship, Jillian C. York, Pakistan, RSS Syndicated Posts, Sana Saleem

The past few months have seen the rise of a vocal and sophisticated anti-censorship campaign in Pakistan that has effectively shamed the government into shelving its plans for a national internet filtering system. The Pakistan government’s ICT…