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Pakistan removed from the Internet | Threat Chaos | ZDNet.com

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

The telecom company that carries most of Pakistan’s traffic, PCCW, has found it necessary to shut Pakistan off from the Internet while they filter out the malicious routes that a Pakistani ISP, PieNet, announced earlier today. Evidently PieNet took this step to enforce a decree from the Pakistani government that ISP’s must block access to […]

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Tags: internet · pakistan · technology

Government Warns Malaysian Bloggers

July 24th, 2007 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

A prominent Malaysian blogger has been summoned by the police for questioning over allegedly seditious remarks about Islam and the king. The summons for Raja Petra Kamarudin, who runs the Malaysia Today website, comes amid warnings from a senior government minister that “irresponsible” bloggers could face imprisonment without trial.
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Tags: malaysia · world · technology