Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law - eviltoast
  • just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    For context: this “religious body” is governmental.

    In pakistan, military has gotten so powerful that they literally kidnap and torture you for being critical of them. And if you live outside pakistan they kidnap and torture your family members, demanding you to remove your posts.

    And recently pakistani people have started to become more and more anti-military. So they are using VPNs to hide their identity to protect themselves.

    This “religious body” is making it seem like this is to stop porn but in reality its about stopping people from being critical of military rule.

    Edit: they banned twitter in february because people were organizing anti-military protests there. So the people started using VPNs and now they want to ban VPNs.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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      1 month ago

      I wonder if me, and American, looking at Pakistan is like how Europeans look at America… Government and police are crazy. But the food, culture, and people are probably nice.