Battle for a Free Cyber Pakistan 27 th June 2008

Blogspot Ban Youtube Fiasco Martial Law

One specific website DrawMuhammadWeek.blogspot.com

PKBlogs.com Mostly used by China Iran India Pakistan Problems of affecting Search Engine ranking

Mostly used by

China

Iran

India

Pakistan

Problems of affecting Search Engine ranking

Bloggers.pk Aggregator grew from a need

Credit – Yasir and Naveed Memon

Youtube Blocked “ for containing blasphemous web content/movies”

Election Rigging Video Reason to suspect that it might have been due to rigging videos in the elections – which were hosted on youtube

Reason to suspect that it might have been due to rigging videos in the elections – which were hosted on youtube

Youtube Fiasco

Vid.pk Local Youtube alternative

November 3 rd 2007

When Musharraf Attacked Judicial System – overthrowing 60 judges Blocked all TV channels Pressured and arrested Print Journalists Online arena untouched ?

Judicial System – overthrowing 60 judges

Blocked all TV channels

Pressured and arrested Print Journalists

Online arena untouched ?

What was the problem Electronic Media Censored Online Media unharmed No credible Judiciary to appeal to Constitution extensively amended Cyber Crime Ordinance promulgated

Electronic Media Censored

Online Media unharmed

No credible Judiciary to appeal to

Constitution extensively amended

Cyber Crime Ordinance promulgated

Online Activism against Martial Law Blogs emergencyinpakistan.blogspot.com teeth.com.pk/blog pkpolitics.com Electronic Media Mobilization (local & International) Grass root ‘People Mobilization’ Word of mouth Overcoming the Digital Divide

Blogs

emergencyinpakistan.blogspot.com

teeth.com.pk/blog

pkpolitics.com

Electronic Media Mobilization (local & International)

Grass root ‘People Mobilization’

Word of mouth

Overcoming the Digital Divide

SMS Activism Initially personal SMS networks SMS  Blog via FrontLine SMS Unable to kick off SMS  SMS Needs regular upkeep Absence !!!!! 27 th Dec Post Benazir Bhutto Assassination riots 18 th Feb elections 9 th April court burnings

Initially personal SMS networks

SMS  Blog via FrontLine SMS

Unable to kick off SMS  SMS

Needs regular upkeep

Absence !!!!!

27 th Dec Post Benazir Bhutto Assassination riots

18 th Feb elections

9 th April court burnings

pkLongMarch.blogspot.com Event based live SMS / Email bogging site

SMS Activism BLAAGGING Effect 76.6 millions mobile users Live Reporting from the ground 160 characters  ease of concept

BLAAGGING Effect

76.6 millions mobile users

Live Reporting from the ground

160 characters  ease of concept

Twitter Defect Pakistan mobile users NOT getting twitter updates Twitter Numbers known Twitter downtime !!! Need for an country specific independent network for SMS  Web/Blog Web/Blog  SMS SMS  SMS

Pakistan mobile users NOT getting twitter updates

Twitter Numbers known

Twitter downtime !!!

Need for an country specific independent network for

SMS  Web/Blog

Web/Blog  SMS

SMS  SMS

Requires the setup of Hubs Complex & Elaborate Setup Local and International numbers Reduce cost of SMS Need for Redundancy Risks Potential to being blocked by govt Monitoring

Requires the setup of Hubs

Complex & Elaborate Setup

Local and International numbers

Reduce cost of SMS

Need for Redundancy

Risks

Potential to being blocked by govt

Monitoring