[lacnog] y la libertad... Twitter officially shutdown in Pakistan - Twitter Banned in Pakistan

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> Internet regulada por un grupo de países que incluye India, Rusia,
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> On May 20, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Erick Iriarte Ahon <eiriarte en alfa-redi.org>
> wrote:
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>> SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012
>> Source:
>> http://www.internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/2012/05/twitter-officially-shutdown-in-pakistan.html
>>
>> Twitter officially shutdown in Pakistan - Twitter Banned in Pakistan
>>
>> As of 20th May 2012, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority PTA with
>> permission from the Ministry of Information Technology MoIT upon the
>> suggestion of PTA's Director General for Strategy and Development has
>> allowed the full and blanket shutdown of the worlds most famous Social
>> Media and Microblogging website Twitter.com to its audience in Pakistan.
>> According to authorities, they had contacted Twitter.com to remove all
>> offensive religious material but it has failed to comply to do so thus
>> Twitter.com has been officially shutdown across Pakistan!
>>
>> So far the news coming from various sources share that this has been
>> done in lieu of raising awareness against the religious and contentious
>> online content that was floated on Facebook on 20th May. The authorities
>> are taking this step to register that no such activity will be tolerated
>> that is against the religious sentiments of the citizens of Pakistan.
>> This ban and shutdown of Twitter.com is intended to convince foreign
>> companies and Internet Content providers globally to remove all such
>> religiously offensive content to Muslims.
>>
>> The Daily DAWN (Pakistan) reports here the Chairman PTA Dr. Yaseen has
>> put the blame that the orders came from the Ministry of Information
>> Technology MoIT Government of Pakistan yesterday on 19th May 2020. The
>> reality of the situation is that this ban is believed to be suggested by
>> a PTA official present during the meeting at the MoIT.
>>
>> According to another report by the Associated Press, Dr. Yaseen stated
>> that they had been negotiating with Twitter until last night, but they
>> did not agree to remove the stuff, so they had to block it whereas the
>> instructions to block the site came from Pakistan’s Ministry of
>> Information Technology and the ministry officials are still trying to
>> make Twitter agree, and once they remove that objected material  the
>> site is expected to be unblocked.
>>
>> The Express Tribute reports here that MoIT has claimed that it attempted
>> getting through to Twitter authorities and sent five faxes to the
>> micro-blogging website but Twitter responded by saying that they
>> “cannot stop any individual doing anything of this nature on the
>> website”.
>>
>> Various sources also reported that the Interior Minister Rehman Malik
>> tweeted earlier in the morning that the government had no plans to
>> impose restrictions on Twitter and Facebook assuring the citizens of
>> Pakistan that both Twitter and Facebook will continue to be accessible
>> throughout Pakistan. He also told his twitter stream followers not to
>> believe in rumours. The Minister also remarked to a New York Times
>> reporter's question claiming that there are reports that the government
>> intended to restrict access to Twitter by saying that "Why (should) I
>> even think of doing so?". PK Politics Blog posted a screenshot of the
>> Minister's Tweets:
>>
>>
>> Image from the PK Politics Blog here
>>
>> The Pakistani electronic media has quoted the Minister of IT Raja Parvez
>> Ashraf that the government could restrict access to Twitter and Facebook
>> as the sites were being used to circulate blasphemous caricatures. Last
>> night, rumors were circulating that Facebook.com will also be shutdown
>> as well as Google. Facebook.com was not taking strong steps to remove
>> religiously offensive content to Muslims and Google.com was still
>> bringing up searches and links to such content online.
>>
>> The authorities claim to be in direct contact with the responsible
>> personnel at Twitter.com and Facebook.com. Mark Zuckerberg already has a
>> warrant for arrest in Pakistan and should be careful incase he wants to
>> visit Pakistan for his honeymoon. On the other hand, PTA and MoIT
>> continue to take positions for the citizen of Pakistan without
>> consulting them through a multistakeholder or public consultation
>> process. All such attempts have been backfiring on the reputation of
>> Pakistan's Information Society and Regulators tainting it in the global
>> Knowledge Economy.
>>
>> Twitter.com is used by the Civil Society and Citizens of Pakistan to
>> express their personal thoughts and opinions and the total blanket
>> shutdown of Twitter.com is a fundamental human right violation
>> preventing Pakistani Citizens both online and offline to express
>> themselves using the Internet through their personal computers and
>> mobile phone devices. Authorities are restricting access to Twitter.com
>> without consulting the citizens of Pakistan through multistakeholder
>> processes.
>>
>> So far the the whole world and audience on the web is mocking
>> Twitter.com's shutdown in Pakistan . The Internet and World Wide Web is
>> flooded the world over with this news as Pakistan joins the league of
>> countries that ban twitter.com and are considered to be repressing
>> Freedom of Expression.
>> Related articles
>>
>>    • Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material (seattlepi.com)
>>    • Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material
>> (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
>>    • Twitter banned in Pakistan (dawn.com)
>>    • Pakistan blocks Twitter over 'offensive' material (foxnews.com)
>>    • Report: Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Blasphemous Content,
>> Facebook Complies? (techcrunch.com)
>>    • Pakistan blocks Twitter because of material considered offensive
>> to Islam (foxnews.com)
>>    • Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Contentious Material
>> (abcnews.go.com)
>>    • Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material
>> (mysanantonio.com)
>>    • Pakistan blocks Twitter (thehindu.com)
>>    • Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over 'Blasphemy' (news.sky.com)
>>
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