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When did I give PTA the authority to decide for me what I can and can’t view on the internet?

Letter November 18, 2011 Less than a minute read

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LAHORE: When did I give PTA the authority to decide for me what I can and can’t view on the internet? If this has been done, it sets a very bad precedent and the next target could easily be the suppression of political dissent. That is the only purpose such filtration systems serve in the Middle East under the guise of moral policing.

MJ

Published in The Express Tribune, November 19^th, 2011.

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