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KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan’s telecommunications regulator has ordered cellphone companies to monitor text messages and block any that contain any of more than 1,100 words and phrases that could be considered swear words, references to sex acts or terms of abuse.
The banned phrases and words include more than 50 that include the “f-word” and 17 that contain the word “butt.” Many involve homosexuality, including the words “lesbian” and “gay,” and some are not in and of themselves obscene, including “pimp,” “stroke,” “stupid” and “flatulence.”
