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Article

20 Jun 2013

Author:
Citizen Lab - with assistance from Bytes for All (B4A) in Pakistan in gathering technical data and assisting in research

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].