Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan briefly blocked access to all social media on Friday, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed to cartoons they consider blasphemous. Sites including Twitter and Facebook were blocked for four hours on orders from the country’s interior ministry, said Khurram Mehran, a spokesman for Pakistan’s media regulatory agency. He gave no further details. The move comes as police officials prepare to clear a large demonstration in the eastern city of Lahore, and just hours ...
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