Monday, June 28, 2010
Pakistan Monitors Google, Yahoo And Others For Blasphemous Content
The government of Pakistan is monitoring seven major websites and has blocked 17 others for allegedly hosting blasphemous material.
A spokesperson for the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has announced that the websites which will be monitored by the government include Google, Yahoo, MSN, YouTube, Amazon, Hotmail and Bing.
He said: "The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has received orders from the ministry of information technology to monitor these websites, which are being implemented."
He added: "If any particular link with offensive content appears on these websites, the (link) shall be blocked immediately without disturbing the main website."
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