Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps by Ahmadiyya Muslims
I'm in pakistan and censorship here is... weird<p>----<p>like... on reddit, govt of pakistan banned some subreddits... but there is some bizarre pattern and it's not clear exactly what is banned, leading to some hilarious discoveries,<p>it's not just all subs tagged "nsfw", coz some of them are accessible, strangely enough (thank goodness for the RES nsfw filter)<p>/r/trees is banned... but /r/marijuana is not, nor is /r/cocaine for that matter ;p<p>quite a few porn subs are banned, which is understandable... but also banned is, and I shit you not, /r/handholding<p>it's literally a sub about anime characters holding hands, I mean....<p>just checked, /r/exmuslim is accessible, and so are various ahmadiyya related subs, (for now atleast) so huh...<p>I remember when /r/mapporn got banned once upon a time, but that was lifted<p>----<p>same for websites, you are browsing and suddenly you are met with a "surf safely" warning, and there is no rhyme or reason, there is nothing in the URL or the website content that resembles anything bannable, but yeah, until some fuck updates the filter, we are stuck<p>----<p>still, I make sure to NEVER EVER EVR say anything that remotely even touches any controversial subject even obliquely, it's a death sentence for your entire extended family, and accusations fly all too freely<p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=blasphemy%20(from%3ASAMRIReports)&src=saved_search_click" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/search?q=blasphemy%20(from%3ASAMRIReport...</a>