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21,000 websites blocked by PTA, so far

August 31, 2013

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has so far blocked over 21,000 websites containing blasphemous material and while the process is still continuing a report will be sent to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Monday to decide if the YouTube should be reopened. After verifying the strength of the response mechanism placed by the PTA to handle blasphemous material on the

YouTube ban should continue

August 30, 2013

Social media website You Tube was banned in Pakistan in September 2012 after a blasphemous video titled “Innocence of Muslims” was uploaded on it which caused mass scale protests/riots leading to loss of life/property across the Muslim world and the operator of the popular webpage Google, refused to remove it. This was not the first offense of the website, which

What is FOE?

Pakistan Freedom of Expression Monitor is a network of journalists to gather and document information regarding violations against media. [ Click here to read more ]