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Posted by | February 20, 2014
Pakistan’s Internet Hall of Shame: 2013-2014

  Blocking Gamers Access to networks such as Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and Game Ranger has been denied, again without any reason or explanation offered to the public. There has...

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Posted by | February 19, 2014
Tracking Right to Information Requests

09.14 June 11, 2014: Representatives of Bolo Bhi and MOITT attend hearing at Federal Ombudsman’s office Re: Internet Surveillance  On February 12, 2014, Bolo Bhi filed Freedom of Information requests,...

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Posted by | February 13, 2014
Blocking of YouTube: What’s Legal, What’s Not

Published in the January 2014 edition of the All Pakistan Law Decisions Journal Section, "Why the YouTube Ban is Illegal and Undesirable" by lawyer Babar Sattar, discusses the legality of...

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Posted by | February 8, 2014
Now Blocking in Pakistan: IPs and ‘Grey Traffic’

Over the last few years, Internet censorship and surveillance have been on the rise in Pakistan. International reports have pointed to the alleged presence of FinFisher (espionage and surveillance equipment)...

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Posted by | January 24, 2014
State Minister Anusha Rahman’s First Six Months in Office: A Performa

Taking cue from the brilliant team at Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Bolo Bhi team has come up with a scorecard for State Minister for Information Technology & Telecom, Ms Anusha...

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Posted by | January 13, 2014
Dissecting Proposed Cybercrime Legislation: A First Look

Introduction: An article published in yesterday’s Dawn provided great detail of a cybercrime legislation drafted by Akram Sheikh Associates, commissioned by the government. Following are some initial and immediate concerns...

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Posted by | December 11, 2013
Don’t Make Localization a One-Stop Shop for Censorship

11/12/13 Karachi: According to media reports, Minister for IT Anusha Rehman has informed the Senate Standing Committee on IT that efforts are underway to prepare an ordinance that will enable...

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Posted by | December 8, 2013
Crowdsourcing censorship: PTA Stepping Up “Content Blocking” In Pakistan

    In a newspaper ad published today, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority issued a public notice mainly advertising their complaint cell & asking users report URLs containing content that falls...

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Posted by | November 26, 2013
“Taarna Band Karo – Mard Bano” – Challenging Gender Stereotypes

The idea behind the series of pictures, starting today, is to question social issues and perception relating to gender rights issues in Pakistan. The  topic of the post"Tarna Band Karo...

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Posted by | November 5, 2013
Cost of the ban

As published by Dawn Magazine Special Report on 20th Oct’2013  Never mind that it is morally wrong. Never mind that it infringes upon people’s constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of...

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