http://tech.peekbase.com Peek technology in one base Sun, 20 May 2012 11:20:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tech.peekbase.com/report-pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-blasphemous-content-facebook-complies http://tech.peekbase.com/report-pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-blasphemous-content-facebook-complies#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 11:20:14 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/report-pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-blasphemous-content-facebook-complies May 20th, 2012 Another day, another example of a country making it harder for its people to use the web and some of its most effective channels of communication. There are reports coming in from Pakistan that it has become the latest country to ban the use of Twitter. According to the blog Dawn, the chairman ... 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