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Pakistan's Surveillance Surge: Chinese Tech Fuels Control

9/9/2025

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Amnesty International reports that Pakistan employs a phone-tapping system and a Chinese-built firewall for surveillance.
The Lawful Intercept Management System (LIMS) can monitor over 4 million mobile phones at once.
The Web Monitoring System 2.0 (WMS 2.0) blocks more than 650,000 web links, including YouTube and Facebook.
Surveillance technologies involve both Chinese and Western companies, such as Geedge Networks and Niagara Networks.
Experts caution that this dual surveillance significantly escalates government control over citizens' rights.

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Amnesty International reports that Pakistan employs a phone-tapping system and a Chinese-built firewall for surveillance.
The Lawful Intercept Management System (LIMS) can monitor over 4 million mobile phones at once.
The Web Monitoring System 2.0 (WMS 2.0) blocks more than 650,000 web links, including YouTube and Facebook.
Surveillance technologies involve both Chinese and Western companies, such as Geedge Networks and Niagara Networks.
Experts caution that this dual surveillance significantly escalates government control over citizens' rights.