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Pakistan Orders ISPs To Block Over 400k Porn Websites (independent.co.uk)

Posted by Soulskill on from the how-to-trigger-a-revolution dept.

Bruce66423 writes: The agency that regulates telecommunications in Pakistan has ordered ISPs to block a huge list of adult websites. "The action follows a recent order passed down by the Supreme Court in Pakistan requiring the telecom sector to 'take remedial steps to quantify the nefarious phenomenon of obscenity and pornography that has an imminent role to corrupt and vitiate the youth of Pakistan.' According to the Express Tribune, just days after the ruling by the Supreme Court, the telecom sector regulator, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, added it had provided internet service providers with a list of 429,343 domains to be blocked as it attempts to control the distribution of pornographic material.

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  1. Ob. Dilbert by swm · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://assets.amuniversal.com/...

    1. Re: Ob. Dilbert by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Not that I am in favour of censorship, but has it been demonstrated, or even investigated, whether or not public access to porn is socially inert and not, in fact, harmful? Who are we to push our opinion on other societies that they should assume porn to be harmless. It's not like western youth are shining examples of civilised, logical, admirable humans.

  2. Preview Mode by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then how are they gonna know what 72 v's are like?

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    1. Re:Preview Mode by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Pretty sure 0 out of those 400,000 sites contain images of actual virgins...

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    2. Re:Preview Mode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      They don't need to know.

      Did you ever notice how masturbation calms a man down? I mean when I lack sex, I go completely crazy. Not only I'm willing to spend a few hundred dollars for a restaurant and a show simply to be with a girl, not only I'm willing to offer her stupid gifts, but it's to a point where I even think about marriage!

      But then, I masturbate and I get my mind back. I split the restaurant bill, I let the girl pays for her own ticket and, more importantly, I realize again marriage would be the biggest mistake of my life. (Hence my motto : One masturbation a day keeps marriage away.)

      Now I imagine if not only I could not masturbate, but women were also covered from heat to toe. I swear, I'll end up blowing up myself.

  3. Goats by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's as if the voices of millions of goats suddenly bleated in terror, and were silenced.

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    1. Re:Goats by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

      That joke is really baaaaaaaaaaaad!

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  4. Wankers! by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Um... how do I get ahold of that list for, you know, research purposes?

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    1. Re: Wankers! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      How very 'damnit that douchebag VP got us another virus' again of you.

      Your working. Not there for porn. Do that on your own time.

  5. How can we ... by PPH · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... get our boys to strap on bombs for 72 hypothetical virgins in heaven when they see what's available right here on earth?

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  6. Only 429,343? by meglon · · Score: 4, Funny

    So they're trying this on a small limited basis first, i see.

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  7. Does Pakistan have a freedom of information act by Bruce66423 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So we can ASK for the list? Seriously - viewing it might reveal censorship of politics and religion, not just smut.

  8. If you think you can block porn from kids you are by mmiscool · · Score: 2

    You ever watch jurasic park and remeber the line "Nature will find a way". Well this is the same thing with teen agers and porn. They will find a way. It is laughable that they would try to prevent this kind of activity.

  9. Never underestimate... by John+Allsup · · Score: 3, Funny

    https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/

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