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Pakistan’s prime minister has ordered authorities to allow access to Wikipedia. The move comes days after the crowdsourced encyclopedia was blocked over accusations that it had published, quote, “sacrilegious content.” NPR’s Diaa Hadid reports from Islamabad.
DIAA HADID, BYLINE: Pakistan’s telecommunication authority blocked Wikipedia last weekend after first deliberately slowing down access to the site for days.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Non-English language spoken).
HADID: The authorities said it acted after Wikipedia ignored requests to take down sacrilegious content. One commentator compared the ban to closing libraries in response to finding one offensive book.
NIGHAT DAD: Basically, the ban is disproportionate.
HADID: Nighat Dad is a digital rights lawyer and free-speech advocate.
DAD: If there…
