We don’t just follow stories, we follow up. Last fall, we revealed how Pakistan had acquired the services of a controversial Canada-based company to help build a nationwide “web monitoring system.” Our story went viral. Now, we’re checking in to see what has happened since.

This week, I’m following up on a story we published a few months ago about how plans for a web monitoring system could give the government considerable power over digital content without due process.

After our story was published, the country’s national telecommunications regulator, Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA), was initially quick to respond:

Our story was widely followed up by leading news media outlets in Pakistan, including Dawn and Geo English. You can read their coverage here, here, here and here.