Democracy, censorship & the internet
KARACHI:
Facebook and YouTube became the most successful medium of exposing the corrupt leaders and politicians of Pakistan plus parties like the Jamaat-i-Islami, who can’t tolerate freedom of speech and don’t want the ordinary people of Pakistan to participate in daily discussions, so they blocked those sites. Mark my words, blogs will be next.
Published in the Express Tribune, May 24th, 2010.
Facebook and YouTube became the most successful medium of exposing the corrupt leaders and politicians of Pakistan plus parties like the Jamaat-i-Islami, who can’t tolerate freedom of speech and don’t want the ordinary people of Pakistan to participate in daily discussions, so they blocked those sites. Mark my words, blogs will be next.
Published in the Express Tribune, May 24th, 2010.