4 ms·
I'm trying to picture what will happen in the two scenarios: 1) Social Media/Messaging apps all give them the finger and stop operating in Pakistan entirely or
by bussierem 6y ago
I'm trying to picture what will happen in the two scenarios:
1) Social Media/Messaging apps all give them the finger and stop operating in Pakistan entirely or dealing with them
2) ^^^ try to figure out a way to work with them and actually FOLLOW these completely insane demands, resulting in serious problems for everyone
I have to imagine that #1 will have MASSIVE social impacts on Pakistanis -- not having any access to any modern messaging or social media platform would be a huge impact these days, and I wonder whether they would even stand for that...
- unnouinceput 6y ago#1 it already happened in China. What else do you think Alibaba, WeChat & Co are after all if not Chinese replacement for Western tech? My guess, since Pakistan is copying the control from China will also copy the replication.
- swirepe 6y agoPakistan's adult literacy rate[1] is about 60%. China's[2] is about 95%. Pakistan is in trouble if it needs to replace American tech entirely. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/572781/literacy-rate-in-pakistan/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/572781/literacy-rate-in-... [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/278568/illiteracy-rate-in-china-by-region/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/278568/illiteracy-rate-i...
- swirepe 6y agoI played around with Pakistani WhatsApp groups for a while. RE: vulgarity, that's already kinda banned (along with most pornography in Asia). I bet you could get banned if you are reported for hate speech, but I'm not sure what they will/can do about anti-state talk.