Pakistan threatens to ban Wikipedia for ‘blasphemous’ content: the online encyclopedia has until Friday evening to remove from its pages content deemed to undermine Islam

A countdown has started. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) announced on Wednesday that it had given Wikipedia until Friday evening, February 3, to remove content deemed “blasphemous” of its online pages, threatening otherwise to cut off access to the website on its territory. The authority did not give details of the content in question.

In the meantime of the ultimatum, access to the participatory encyclopedia has been restricted in the country, the latter only functioning in mode ” degraded “the PTA reported.

In Pakistan, free speech advocates have long criticized government-imposed censorship and control of the internet and media.

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