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Pakistan looking to censor texting

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.

The policy is in response to multiple consumer complaints from citizens receiving "graphic texts."

1100 of the terms are in English while the rest are in Urdu, Pakistan's native language.

The true out-roar comes from the choice of words, which include relatively and benign terms like "poop," "fairy, "athlete's foot," and "harder."

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 22 Nov 2011 1:34

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• ROMaster2

  That's right kids, Jesus Christ is bad!

  22.11.2011 02:07 #1

• NHS2008

  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?!
  

  
  

  22.11.2011 02:58 #2

• KillerBug

  Originally posted by NHS2008: 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.
  

  
  

  22.11.2011 05:36 #3

• strykertc

  Hahaha! Poop? They are censoring "poop"? Crazy.

  22.11.2011 10:26 #4

• llongtheD

  Originally posted by NHS2008: 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's not graphic violence, or violence even, when done in the name of Allah.....or any other religion for that matter.
  

  If your fish seems sick, put it back in the water.

  22.11.2011 23:10 #5