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Posted by | September 23, 2013
Letters To The Minister: Let us tell you about Youtube

Ms. Anusha Rahman Minister of State For Information Technology & Telecom Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, 4th Floor, Evacuee Trust Complex, Aga Khan Road,F-5/1, Islamabad, Pakistan. Phone #: 051-9201990...

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Posted by | September 20, 2013
To the Government: Do YOU have something to hide?

The very term "inviolable"  (as claimed under Article 14 of Pakistan's constitution) suggests that the right of privacy is something that can neither be broken nor be contested. Yet, as...

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Posted by | September 10, 2013
You Privacy is Your Right Not A Privilege

How I wish I got a penny for each time I heard the argument “.. but you see we don’t deserve freedom of speech because we are an intolerant lot.....

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Posted by | September 9, 2013
Canadian Government Responds To Netsweeper’s Presence In Pakistan

Thurday, 5 Sept, 2013:  Government of Canada responded to our letter, sent on the 23rd of July 2013, which raised the issue of Netsweeper, a Canadian company, that sells technology...

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Posted by | September 2, 2013
Minister, We the People Need to be Heard

We believe it is necessary for the government to include citizens in the policy-making process. As the government devises policies concerning our online spaces, netizens views need to be taken...

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Posted by | August 23, 2013
Event – Alliance For Access: Making Student Voices Count

NUST SEECS Career Developement Office is pleasued to organize a session on Alliance For Access: Making Student Voices Count Monday, 26th Aug 2013 | NUST SEECS Seminar Hall | 2-3pm To register...

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Posted by | August 12, 2013
FAQ: PTA-PEMRA

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority [PTA] & Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority  What is PTA? PTA is an agency responsible for all telecommunication operations, including establishment, operation and maintenance.   How and...

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Posted by | July 22, 2013
Understanding how HTTPS works with Ahmed, Bilal & Uncle Tipu

The Internet is inherently collaborative in nature. Every time your computer needs to talk to another computer somewhere in the world, it breaks up the message into smaller manageable chunks...

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Posted by | June 19, 2013
Dear NSA, We Have Rights Too, Pakistan

This week we joined human rights groups from around the world  urging Congress to  investigate & dismantle  the United States' National Security Agency's communication surveillance program and prevent the creation of global Internet...

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Posted by | June 18, 2013
In School, In Class: Sub-tweeting Abuse

The writer is a high-school student & has requested anonymity  There’s a plethora of social networking sites, many of which are actively used by the teenagers that make up my...

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