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Federal Minister for IT Slaps Nationwide Twitter Ban on Pakistani Citizens

By B4A for Bytes for All

ISLAMABAD, 22 May 2012

On Sunday, 20 May 2012, APC member Bytes for All (B4A) reported that “once again, Government of Pakistan has managed to block yet another social networking website Twitter.” Service to the website was restored the same day, yet civil society must “reject this oppressive slap on citizens basic human right to democracy, freedom of expression and access to information.”

Full article at http://content.bytesforall.pk/node/51

(END/2012)

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