Posted by | February 29, 2012
The Dangers of a Content Filtration System

What would happen if a content filtration system such as the one The National ICT R&D Fund has advertised seeking proposals for were put in place? How would it affect the privacy...

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Posted by | February 29, 2012
Presentations

How to stay safe online? https://www.slideshare.net/Sanasaleem2/bolo-bhinuststaysafeonline

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Posted by | February 29, 2012
Legislations

The Constitution of Pakistan Pakistan Penal Code 1860 Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 Electronic Transactions Ordinance 2002 Pakistan Telecommunications (Re-Organization) Act 1996 with 2006 Amendments Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002...

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Posted by | February 28, 2012
Filtering Content on the Internet

Block, ban, censor. These seem to be the only options ever considered by the Pakistan government when it comes to the Internet. Ever since the 2010 ban on Facebook was...

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Posted by | February 27, 2012
Brief History of Companies Profiting from Censorship

Background: 'Firms Aided Libyan Spies', Wall Street Journal: August 30, 2011, article here 'Spy Companies & Their Authoritarian Customers, Part 1: FinFisher And Amesys', Electronic Frontier Foundation: February 16, 2012,...

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Posted by | February 27, 2012
Pakistan Anti-Censorship Campaign – Get the CEO’s to commit

We, at Bolo Bhi, wrote to the CEOs of 8 companies last week asking them to publicly commit not to apply for this license. They wrote to: John Chambers,, CEO,...

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Posted by | February 27, 2012
Agents of Change: Youth Tackle Gender-based Violence

This article was originally published on the Newsline blog on January 6, 2011 Youth participants pose with their mentors at the December 2010 launch of Through the Gender Lens, a...

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Posted by | February 27, 2012
Woman on a Mission

This article was originally published in Newsline's March 2011 issue Mai Jori’s name was first heard in March 2010 when, after the assassination of Sardar Rustum Khan Jamali, by-elections for...

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Posted by | February 27, 2012
LHC to Consider Permanent Ban on Facebook

This article was originally published on Newsline's blog on May 8, 2011 Mass censorship? As the LHC considers to place a ban on Facebook (again), people wonder where the censorship...

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Posted by | February 25, 2012
Protecting Your Privacy Online

This article was originally published on Newsline's blog on June 5, 2011 Every now and then there’s an uproar about Facebook’s ever-changing privacy policy and how users’ privacy settings automatically change as...

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