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Title: Outcry forces Pakistan to hold back on ‘obscene’ text message blocks
Post by: SandraJane on November 22, 2011, 08:32:32 AM
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Outcry forces Pakistan to hold back on 'obscene' text message blocks



by Stephen Gray | 22 November 2011, 1:21pm

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The Pakistani authority wanted 1,600 words blocked from text messages

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority is reconsidering plans to block "obscene" words from text messages, including many gay-related words.