The Pakistani government is relying on a Canadian-based tech firm to create a censorship firewall around all the Internet content in that country, despite initially backing down from the plan following pressure from human rights groups, says a new report from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. According to a brochure no longer accessible on its website, Guelph, Ont.-based Netsweeper Inc.’s technology can be used to block inappropriate content “to meet government rules and regulations — based on social, religious, or political ideals.”
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