Facebook access blocked on LHC order
Dawn Report
Thursday, 20 May, 2010
Dawn Report
Thursday, 20 May, 2010
Lahore High Court. –File Photo
LAHORE: The government blocked on Wednesday access to Facebook after the Lahore High Court ordered closure of the social networking website until May 31 for holding a competition of blasphemous drawings. Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry asked Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Director Mudassar Husain to file a detailed report on the matter.
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Facebook may make disputed page inaccessible in Pakistan
Thursday, 20 May, 2010
LAHORE: The government blocked on Wednesday access to Facebook after the Lahore High Court ordered closure of the social networking website until May 31 for holding a competition of blasphemous drawings. Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry asked Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Director Mudassar Husain to file a detailed report on the matter.
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Facebook may make disputed page inaccessible in Pakistan
Thursday, 20 May, 2010
A computer user tries to open the Facebook website at an internet cafe in Islamabad. The Lahore High Court has ordered authorities to block Facebook temporarily over a competition encouraging users to post caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) on the social networking site. –AFP Photo/Aamir Quershi
WASHINGTON: Facebook is disappointed at being blocked in Pakistan over a contest that encourages users to post caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and may make the offending page inaccessible to users there, the social network said late Wednesday.
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Pakistan blocks YouTube over "blasphemous" material
Thursday, 20 May, 2010
WASHINGTON: Facebook is disappointed at being blocked in Pakistan over a contest that encourages users to post caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and may make the offending page inaccessible to users there, the social network said late Wednesday.
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Pakistan blocks YouTube over "blasphemous" material
Thursday, 20 May, 2010
Women supporters of Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami hold a placard during a protest against Facebook in Karachi May 19, 2010. – Reuters
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube in a bid to contain "blasphemous" material, officials said on Thursday.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube in a bid to contain "blasphemous" material, officials said on Thursday.
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