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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Shrouq TARIQ, Juliette MANSOUR

Pakistan Web Controls Quash Dissent And Potential

Authorities stifled internet access during protests in Islamabad this week (Credit: AFP)

Besieged by political turmoil, Pakistan's government is turning to draconian internet censorship which threatens to cut the country off from a promising future, experts and citizens say.

Social media site X has been down since February, internet outages are becoming more common and severe, and web tools used to evade state censorship will soon be banned for personal use.

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