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<![endif]--> <table class="container" lang="container" dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" style="width:100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="message-wrapper" style="color:#222;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <!--[if mso]><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" style="border-collapse:separate;"><tr><td valign="top"><![endif]--> <div dir="ltr"><div>When Pakistan’s government unveiled some of the world’s most sweeping rules on internet censorship this month, global internet companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter were expected to comply or face severe penalties — including the potential shutdown of their services.<div><br></div><div>Instead, the tech giants banded together and threatened to leave the country and its 70 million internet users in digital darkness. Their public rebellion, combined with pressure and lawsuits from local civil libertarians, forced the government to retreat. The law remains on the books, but Pakistani officials pledged this week to review the regulations and undertake an “extensive and broad-based consultation process with all relevant segments of civil society and technology companies.”</div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/technology/pakistan-internet-censorship.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/technology/pakistan-internet-censorship.html&source=gmail&ust=1582932311041000&usg=AFQjCNGfook0g1mKB6c9U2_FK7YR7LV4gA">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/0<wbr>2/27/technology/pakistan-inter<wbr>net-censorship.html</a><br> </div></div><img align="left" width="0" height="0" style="border:0;width:0px;height:0px" src="https://track.mixmax.com/api/track/v2/teHPzB9JpNqZq8ffy/i02bj5CbpFWbnB0c55WYw12bjlnI/IyZy9mLoNWZ052bpRXYyVmYpxmLzR3cpxGQ0xmI/gIUxkI?sc=false" alt=""> <!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>