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[ NNSquad ] Pakistan postpones massive text messaging censorship list
Pakistan postpones massive text messaging censorship list
http://j.mp/vCBdhO (Daily Caller)
As of this writing, text messages containing the words "poop," "damn,"
"athlete's foot," "monkey crotch" and "flogging the dolphin" are still
making it over the airwaves in Pakistan. The Pakistan
Telecommunications Authority (PTA) recently moved to ban the shameless
trafficking in profanity, but they appear to have run into enforcement
difficulties and postponed the measure. According to a letter from
the PTA chief dated November 14, the ban requires mobile providers to
police their networks for a list of 1,600 banned words - around 1,000
in English, the rest in Urdu - remove the offensive content and report
statistics back to the regulatory authority. The letter claims the
goal of the ban is "to protect the interests of consumers."
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An-d thos baans r reely haarde 2 gette arund tue, eh?
--Lauren--
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