The Pakistani government has announced this week that it will begin to censor texting in the nation.
If ultimately successful, the move will block Pakistani citizens from 'obscenities' like "Jesus Christ" and "Sex."
All together, there are 1600 'obscene' terms and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has already told carriers to begin blocking texts from November 21 and forward.
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Quote:The policy is in response to multiple consumer complaints from citizens receiving "graphic texts."
I believe there are BIGGER complaints to resolve first...Whats wrong with Graphic text in a country riddled with Graphic violence?!
It is thought crime, of course.
That is probably why they included things like, "Harder" and "athlete's foot"...so they can remove these terms in response to criticism, and no one will dare ask them to remove the words that enable thought crime.
