Pakistan introduces ban on texting 'obscene' words

Pakistan's telecommunications agency has banned people from texting more than 1,600 "obscene" words.

Pakistan introduces ban on texting 'obscene' words

Pakistan's telecommunications agency has banned people from texting more than 1,600 "obscene" words.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority came up with a list of 586 Urdu words and 1,109 English words that are not allowed to be sent via text message, including seemingly inoffensive words such as "breast" and "condom", as well as "hostage", "flatulence" and "Jesus Christ".

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