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O Pakistan, We Stand on Guard for Thee: An Analysis of Canada-based Netsweeper’s Role in Pakistan’s Censorship Regime
Key findings:
- Netsweeper filtering products have been installed on Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)’s network. PTCL is Pakistan’s largest telecommunications company and also operates the Pakistan Internet Exchange Point.
- Netsweeper technology is being implemented in Pakistan on PTCL for the purposes of political and social filtering, including websites relating to human rights, sensitive religious topics, and independent media.
- In addition to using Netsweeper technology to block websites, ISPs also use other less transparent methods, such as DNS tampering...[report concludes with six questions directed at Netsweeper regarding their approach to human rights issues] [The Resource Centre invited Netsweeper to respond to this report but it did not].