Twitter has unblocked dozens of accounts that it restricted in Pakistan, one month after it agreed to government requests_on the grounds that the content_was ‘blasphemous’. The company bore much criticism for the move_last month, which was the first time it had restricted content in Pakistan. Many claimed the government requests_were politically motivated — the EFF went so far as to suggest_that, by agreeing to them, Twitter showed it is no longer “the free speech wing of the free speech party” that_it claims to be. For its part, Twitter appeared_to make the decision to avoid more serious government action, its service_was_blocked...
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