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Pakistan wants website filtering system
Friday March 16, 2012 03:50:16 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: Pakistan
is looking at having a website filtering system, a move that has
come in for criticism from bloggers.
Information Communication Technology Research and Development Fund
has called for proposals to install a national level website
filtering system, reported Dawn.
An expert said the system will help the government block websites
systematically, similar to the internet censoring methods adopted
by the Chinese.
The authorities want the blocking system should be able to handle
a block list of up to 50 million URLs (website addresses) with a
processing delay of not more than one millisecond.
Wahajus Siraj, national convener for the Internet Service
Providing Companies, said: "Blocking pornographic websites and
blasphemous content is a good move and we appreciate it. Even the
installation of a filtering system is fair but what guarantee do
we have that this filter will not be used by the government to
block websites of media houses, political parties and bloggers in
the future?"
"This is an attempt by the government to pressure people's right
to information. People know what is good and bad for them when
using the internet and don't need regulation," Pervez Hoodbhoy, a
professor, was quoted as saying.
He added: "This is against the freedom of expression."
Asfham Mushtaq, a political blogger, said: "After the installation
of this national level filter, political blogging websites that
are critical of the government or any critical international
research think-tank that publishes reports against the government
or its polices will be under threat of being blocked. This will
affect our access to varieties of opinions and information."
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