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Pakistan unblocks Facebook
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article published on 31 May, 2010
Pakistan has unblocked popular social networking site Facebook today, after two weeks of banning access.
The country will continue to block any individual pages that contain "blasphemous" content, however, which mostly means any page that has an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
The ban went into effect earlier in the month when an online competition started that invited Facebook ... [ read the full article ]
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31. May 2010 @ 22:31 |
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"Knowledgeable users worked around the bans at first by using proxy sites with foreign proxies, but officials then blocked all proxy sites as well."
That's what private VPNs are for.
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1. June 2010 @ 12:53 |
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What irony, Face-book where the the face is required to be bagged up.
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1. June 2010 @ 20:15 |
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Quick get me a picture of Muhammad.
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Jeniferaustin
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2. June 2010 @ 02:12 |
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Unblocking facebook is not a good act of Pakistan government, they should keep blocking this website until the facebook owner apologies for his dirty act.
Mera Pakistan
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Howie696
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2. June 2010 @ 04:48 |
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Why not block every website in the world in case they feature a picture of the prophet? (Jihad expected immediately)
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2. June 2010 @ 04:57 |
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Makes sense...if they blocked all sites, then people would be more willing to find ways around the blocks. It worked in China; they have had so many blocks that most "techies" do everything through a VPN now.
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2. June 2010 @ 21:43 |
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Originally posted by Jeniferaustin:
Unblocking facebook is not a good act of Pakistan government, they should keep blocking this website until the facebook owner apologies for his dirty act.
Mera Pakistan
Agreed, but don't see that happening soon. Has too much money and a big head to boot. Until he gets his off his high horse, they'll be more counties banning Facebook.
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blaster4
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11. June 2010 @ 13:13 |
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"Unblocking facebook is not a good act of Pakistan government, they should keep blocking this website until the facebook owner apologies for his dirty act.
Mera Pakistan"
I think you'd better join the REAL world. This censorship might work in the Islamic states that still live in the middle ages but it's got nothing to do with today's world. If computers are the devil's work, why use them? If the contents of Facebook disgust you, why are you using it? Facebook doesn't disgust me so I don't seek any apology.
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Howie696
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12. June 2010 @ 07:32 |
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I'm sure the whole of Pakistan's IT savvy population are issuing a solemn thank you to the government for their magnanimous gesture. Of course if the government weren't still grubbing around in the dark ages then the ban would never have happened.
As for blasphemy, blas for you, blas for them. Personally I think all religion sucks.
And rabid fervent die hard fanatics who are so twitchy as to describe everything as blasphemous should be locked in a room together to debate which is the true religion/deity until there are none of them left, and let the rest of us get on with our secular lives.
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Mez
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12. June 2010 @ 22:26 |
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Who would believe, this article seems to have the most sane posters. None of you are barking mad! I am staggered by this especially with the topic. AD is becoming completely certifiable. Maybe you all are MY kind of certifiable.
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