Banned words:After rumours of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) imposing a ban on porn sites in the country, a new PTA letter floating online orders the imposition of a “system” to ban select words in mobile SMS messages.A set of two extensive lists in English and Urdu have allegedly been compiled by the PTA. The list of English words crosses the 1,000 figure, while the Urdu list contains over 550 words.
A scan of the letter (dated November 14, 2011) sent from Muhammad Talib Doger, Director General (Services) PTA, states that the filtering of content through SMS must be considered under the scope of “Protection from Spam, Unsolicited, Fraudulent and Obnoxious Communication Regulations, 2009″ and the SOPs laid down to control spamming. The letter is written with reference to a meeting held with mobile phone operators on October 18, 2011 in Islamabad.
PTA has ordered the implementation of the system within seven days of the issuance of the said letter. All operators have been asked to submit a monthly report to PTA regarding the number of blocked text messages.
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Medical terms to be banned:Athletes foot
Breast
Condom
Flatulence
Intercourse
Period
Premature
Tongue
Herpes
Daily usage words to be banned:
Deeper
Fairy
Fingerfood
Hole
Hostage
Harder
Religious terms to be banned:
Devil
Jesus Christ
LGBT terms to be banned:
Gay
Homosexual
Queer
Musicians/artists to be banned:
Wuutang
Breast
Condom
Flatulence
Intercourse
Period
Premature
Tongue
Herpes
Daily usage words to be banned:
Deeper
Fairy
Fingerfood
Hole
Hostage
Harder
Religious terms to be banned:
Devil
Jesus Christ
LGBT terms to be banned:
Gay
Homosexual
Queer
Musicians/artists to be banned:
Wuutang
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This can't possibly be true, anyone heard of this?
Full list of English words
Full list of Urdu Words
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