The PTA bans some 1600 text message words in Pakistan
Sorry if this is old news, I just saw it mentioned on a broadcast of the BBC news. Cell phone carriers have been given a list of some 1600 words considered obscene or unwanted that must be filtered out of text messages. Might have an impact on those marketing boner pills.
The list, including words "Homosexual", "Lesbian", "quickie", "fairy","Jesus Christ", "monkey crotch", "athlete's foot", "idiot" and "damn", as well as "deeper", "four twenty", "go to hell", "harder", "looser" and "no sex".
Pakistan Text Message Ban Includes 'Homosexual,' 'Lesbian,' And Other LGBT Relevant Words
AFP: Pakistan delays ban on 'obscene' text messages
Voice of America quotes a spokesman as saying (via a translator) that "the list should never have been made public, explaining it was meant to be kept between PTA and mobile phone companies as a means to find out whether it was possible to filter obscene messages. He said a final, shorter list of banned words will be released later, after consultation with phone companies."
The list, including words "Homosexual", "Lesbian", "quickie", "fairy","Jesus Christ", "monkey crotch", "athlete's foot", "idiot" and "damn", as well as "deeper", "four twenty", "go to hell", "harder", "looser" and "no sex".
Pakistan Text Message Ban Includes 'Homosexual,' 'Lesbian,' And Other LGBT Relevant Words
AFP: Pakistan delays ban on 'obscene' text messages
Voice of America quotes a spokesman as saying (via a translator) that "the list should never have been made public, explaining it was meant to be kept between PTA and mobile phone companies as a means to find out whether it was possible to filter obscene messages. He said a final, shorter list of banned words will be released later, after consultation with phone companies."