"As Pakistan’s ties with China, its neighbour and closest ally, further strengthened, particularly following the launch of the $62bn China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project, China has also emerged as its new technological partner.

“During the last few years, the idea of replicating China’s Great Firewall – its sophisticated internet censorship and surveillance system – also began to take hold within Pakistan’s security establishment.”

  • @mlg
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    92 months ago

    Pakistan is also king of piracy because the government already shot themselves in the foot by trying to implement this years ago in an effort to control the media.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if they also know how to get around China’s firewall if needed.

  • @Edict
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    22 months ago

    Twitter was recently unblocked in Pakistan after being banned for a year.