Wikipedia suspended by PTA for 48 hours

[alimobin memon]

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said on Wednesday that Wikipedia services had been degraded in the country for 48 hours for not "blocking/removing sacrilegious content".

In a statement, the telecom regulator said it had approached Wikipedia — a free online encyclopedia — for blocking/removing the content in question by issuing a notice under "applicable law and court order(s)".

"An opportunity of hearing was also provided, however, the platform neither complied by removing the blasphemous content nor appeared before the authority," the PTA statement said.


Wikipedia services degraded for 48 hours over 'sacrilegious content': PTA

 

[villageidiot]

That'll show em

 

[Enigma SIG]

What a joke.

 

[epebble]

Pakistan is reportedly blocking Wikipedia​

Pakistan is reportedly blocking Wikipedia

This is tricky, since Wikipedia contents are publicly created and hence difficult to censor. Somebody can always undo prohibited content or put it back.

 

[SaadH]

Did someone edit Hazrat Bajwa Ahle Salam or Hazrat Zardari Ahle Salam's profile to post some undesirable facts?

 

[epebble]

Did someone edit Hazrat Bajwa Ahle Salam or Hazrat Zardari Ahle Salam's profile to post some undesirable facts?

I read somewhere that it is related to Prophet Mohammed's pictures. The images are medieval paintings in museums. They are in many books. Taking offense to them is pointless as Wikipedia is documenting and discussing this debate. It is like saying someone writing about the controversy over Salman Rushdie's book is himself guilty of some offense. Blocking Wikipedia simply hurts a lot of Pakistani students and others that may need free information that is readily available. It also points to the sense of priority for the government. That it can engage in pointless controversy when there are critical issues at stake.

 

[doorstar]

edited:

What a joke.

do you, the fedayeen of the fake supreme leader now love the Ahmadia community?

not long ago you internet warriors wanted to get rid of all us kuffaar from Pakistan including Ahmadi who are by the way hanafi and no worse than any of the other sects within hanafism