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Category: Anti-Free Speech LawsBy Curt on Sep 9, 2007 in Mark Verzo, Phillipines, Anti-Free Speech Laws | 0 Comments
On Friday, September 7, Mark Verzo, who blogs at Thoughts in Binary, became the first blogger to be arrested by Philippine authorities. Verzo runs a company called Bembang! which features a chain of websites, Bembang! Links, and a blog network Bembang! Blogs (via PinOy Spy!). Some of the material is erotic.
Verzo was arrested, by the […]
By Curt on Sep 8, 2007 in Anti-Free Speech Laws, Pakistan | 1 Comment
Pakistan’s online free-speech group
Don’t Block the Blog has a post today entitled, “Draconian Cyber Crime in Pakistan.”
In it the writer recounts a seminar on this law, called the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2007, which is making its way through the Pakistani legislature. The seminar was led by attorney Zahid Jamil, who outlined the legal […]
