Document #1061397

RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author)

Intensified fight against cyber-crime threatens free expression

http://www.rsf.org/Intensified-fight-against-cyber.html

ecoi.net description:
Interior ministry announces that sending "indecent, provocative and ill-motivated" stories and messages by email or SMS will be regarded as an offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison under the Cyber Crime Act (CCA)
Country:
Pakistan
Source:
RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author)
Published:
14 July 2009
Original link:
http://www.rsf.org/Intensified-fight-against-cyber.html
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Document ID:
1061397 (former ID 122726)

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