Posted by | May 1, 2013
Bolo Bhi Amicus Reports on YouTube Case Hearings

How do we address the problem of access denial in Pakistan? The dilemma authorities and now the court is faced with is this: on the one hand are sentiments that...

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Posted by | December 4, 2012
Letter: Ministry of IT & ICT R&D Must Respond To Netizen’s Concern Over Internet Censorship

Manager Administration, ICT R& D Fund 6th Floor, HBL Tower, Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area, Islamabad. Ministry of Information Technology, Evacuee Trust Complex, F-5/1, Islamabad Dear Sirs, This is with reference...

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Posted by | October 25, 2012
Stop Censoring: National URL Filtration & Blocking System Should Not Be Implemented

KARACHI Oct. 25:Bolo Bhi expresses its strong reservations at reports of the revival of  Pakistan Government's plan to install a URL filtering and blocking system. Reports indicate that plans are afoot...

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Posted by | August 11, 2012
Stop Censoring To Protect Those in Power

For Immediate Release   August 11: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) should stop violating the constitution and judicial orders through its acts of indiscriminate and ad hoc blocking of online content. In...

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Posted by | May 21, 2012
Internet Censorship in Pakistan: Need for dialogue, framework and transparency

Call to Action FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Farieha Aziz C.O.O. Bolo Bhi Email: farieha@bolobhi.org http://bolobhi.org   Internet Censorship in Pakistan: Need for dialogue, framework and transparency  Press Release On Sunday, May...

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Posted by | May 20, 2012
Twitter Banned in Pakistan

Once again, Internet users in Pakistan have been slapped with a ban. Early in the day on May 20, 2012, Twitter users in Pakistan started encountering problems logging into their...

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Posted by | March 19, 2012
Cautious Celebration: Report Suggests Pakistan IT Ministry Withdraw Internet Censorship Plans

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Release Cautious Celebration: Report Suggests Pakistan IT Ministry Withdraw Internet Censorship Plans On Monday, the 19th of March, the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) confirmed to Member...

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Posted by | March 8, 2012
Chief Justice of Pakistan: Guard The Guardians

We sent a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Chaudary on the 5th of March'2012. We have not received a response from his office. A copy of the letter is...

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Posted by | March 7, 2012
National URL Filtering & Blocking System

    PRESS KIT On Wednesday, the 22nd of February, the ICT R&D Fund under the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT), announced through newspapers and their website a Request For...

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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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