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APC member Bytes for All condemns SMS keyword filtering in Pakistan

By GJ for APCNews

OTTAWA, Canada, 02 December 2011

Bytes for All, APC’s member in Pakistan, has written an open letter to the Prime Minister and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority criticising the proposed plan to filter keywords in sms messages.

Full article at http://content.bytesforall.pk/node/32

(END/2011)

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