Pakistan to review new internet censorship rules after a group representing Facebook, Google, and Twitter writes a letter threatening to leave the country
When Pakistan passed new online censorship rules this month, the government expected global internet companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter to comply. Instead, the tech giants threatened to leave the country. With @salmanmasood https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Waseem Abbasi on x
Their public rebellion, combined with pressure and lawsuits from local civil libertarians, forced the government to retreat. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Publicly rebelling against Pakistan's digital censorship law, tech giants like Facebook, Google and Twitter, combined with pressure and lawsuits from local civil libertarians, forced the government to retreat. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Pakistan's government unveiled some of the world's most sweeping rules on internet censorship this month. Tech giants like Facebook, Google and Twitter banded together and threatened to leave Pakistan and its internet users in digital darkness. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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T. Prashant Reddy on x
Ah! When the white man talks about regulating Silicon Valley, it is content moderation and anti-trust regulation but when the brown man tries something similar, it becomes censorship. Take a bow NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Zia Ur Rehman on x
The battle is the latest skirmish between internet companies and Pakistani governments over who decides what content should be online. https://www.nytimes.com/... by @vindugoel and @salmanmasood . I contributed
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Facebook, Google and Twitter Rebel Against Pakistan's Censorship Rules. @vindugoel and I report on Pak Gov ambitions to regulate social media platforms https://www.nytimes.com/...