18.06.2014 Karachi: Twitter announced, today, that it is restoring access to content it earlier blocked on request of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), ‘in the absence of additional clarifying information from...
Posted by | June 13, 2014
Benjamin Franklin, who is regarded as one of the Founding Fathers of the nation that proudly sings the Star-Spangled Banner, once said, "Those who surrender freedom for security will not...
Posted by | June 13, 2014
On February 12, 2014, Bolo Bhi filed three Freedom of Information requests under the FOI 2002 Ordinance with the Ministry of Information Technology, Pakistan Telecommunications (MOITT). The requests were filed...
Posted by | June 13, 2014
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, directed...
Posted by | May 29, 2014
All of us, at some stage or the other, have typed our names into various search engines. Some have been met by a wall of fame meticulously archiving all their...
Posted by | May 21, 2014
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, a collaborative venture by law school clinics and the Electronic Frontier Foundation that collects and analyzes legal complaints about online activity, posted online five requests made to...
Posted by | May 21, 2014
In 1994, when the internet age arrived in China, President Jiang Zemin believed that the world was moving towards a new age where technology and information would be of utmost...
Posted by | May 19, 2014
Karachi, 19/05/14: MQM Senator Nasreen Jalil has written to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urging him to lift the ban on YouTube. Ms Jalil first wrote a letter to the PM on...
Posted by | May 16, 2014
Mr. Mohsin Shah Nawaz Ranjhahas, the Parliamentary Secretary of Information & Broadcasting, recently made an all too popular statement regarding social media, and problems that are common for users worldwide....
