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....
Posted by | May 15, 2014
On an order dated March 13, 2014, the divisional bench hearing the 'YouTube case' issued directions Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunications (MOITT) to meet with four court-appointed...
Posted by | May 13, 2014
Date: May 13, 2014 Writ Petition 9582013: BytesforAll vs Federation Lahore High Court Submitted to: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah & Justice Atir Mahmood Honourable Sirs, Below is a summary...
Posted by | May 7, 2014
Islamabad 07/05/2014: The National Assembly of Pakistan unanimously passed a resolution, calling upon the ruling Party to lift the ban on YouTube. This resolution was tabled by Member National Assembly...
Posted by | April 28, 2014
The internet cannot be controlled by any one country, despite the best efforts of several governments. As the Snowden leaks reveal, State efforts to control the cyberspace can quickly turn...
