• August 21, 2020
• Social Media

Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Aminul Haque on Thursday expressed “serious concern” over Facebook’s alleged policies favouring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after Wall Street Journal published a report, stating that the social media giant turned blind eye to anti-Muslim posts. Facebook and its top lobbying executive in India, […]

• August 16, 2020
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: A constitutional writ petition has been filed before the Islamabad High (IHC) challenging the Citizen Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020. Chief Justice Athar Minallah is scheduled to hear the petition on Monday (tomorrow). The petition has been moved by Advocate Usama Khawar on behalf of Asad Baig, an Islamabad-based journalist and the founder […]

• August 13, 2020
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday lodged a strong protest with India on a derogatory social media post against Islam in Bengaluru, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said. At least three people were killed in overnight clashes triggered by the post offensive to Muslims. The violence began late on Tuesday, with mobs pelting stones, burning vehicles and […]

• August 13, 2020
• Social Media

KARACHI: Pakistan researchers are among winners of Facebook misinformation project. Facebook has announced the winners of its Foundation Integrity Research: Misinformation and Polarization request for proposals. Among the global list of winners are Agha Ali Raza and Ihsan Ayyub Qazi from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), whose proposal shone during the competitive selection process. […]

• August 12, 2020
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Tuesday sought more powers to curb cyber crime, especially the “hate speech” on social media requesting the parliament to make amendments in the existing law against “online crime”. Director Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) of FIA Waqar Ahmed Chauhan told the Senate Special Committee on Child Protection that the […]

• August 10, 2020
• Social Media

MULTAN: The PTI government in Punjab has formed teams at district and tehsil levels for image building of the government over its achievements and promotion of party policies on social media. Using the platform of the information department, provincial focal person on digital media Mian Ans Aslam Daula is issuing notifications to appoint convener, deputy […]

• August 9, 2020
• Social Media

The internationally renowned video game Player Unknown’s Battleground (PUBG) has been temporarily banned in Pakistan by the Pakistan. Telecommunication Authority PTA on first of July. The reason stated behind the whole scenario is that two children committed suicide over not being allowed to play the game and another young person dying while playing the game. […]

• August 8, 2020
• Social Media

Our country is facing a lot of problems and one of them is street crimes. But no attention is given to this issue as Pakistani social media is quite busy in discussing the breakup story of Hania Amir and Asim Azhar or the wedding ceremony of Sarah Khan and Falak Shabbir. To feel sorry for […]

• August 7, 2020
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: After warnings and negotiations with the telecom regulator, global short funny video platform TikTok has not only upgraded its ‘Community Guidelines’, but also released its Urdu language version for the first time. The upgraded Community Guidelines provide general guidance on “what is and what is not” allowed on the platform to keep TikTok a […]

• August 6, 2020
• Social Media

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Law Minister Mohammad Basharat Raja on Tuesday said the Punjab government planned to work out a comprehensive procedure in consultation with the federal government to deal with those spreading religious hatred on social media with iron hand. He said, however, that ulema (religious scholars) should also keep an eye on those who use […]

• August 4, 2020
• Social Media

Saad*, 18, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his residence in southwestern Pakistan earlier this month. His brother says the teenager committed suicide after missing a task on a famous online video game. Over the next few days, three other youths reportedly committed suicide across the country for the same reason, triggering a debate on […]

• August 1, 2020
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: In order to facilitate businesses and the public for registration of virtual private networks (VPNs), the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided to further extend the VPN registration deadline for two months till September 30, 2020, under the recommendations of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT), Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) and […]

• July 31, 2020
• Social Media

KARACHI: The Pakistan Tele­com­munication Authority (PTA) announced on Thursday that it had decided to lift the ban on the online game PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battle Ground). In a statement, PTA said its officials had met the legal representatives of the gaming platform. “[The] representatives briefed the authority on the response to queries raised by PTA with […]

• July 29, 2020
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has lauded the measures taken for tele-schooling and provision of education through internet, saying that the facilitation of youth in receiving education is a must for utilisation of their talent. “Speed up all necessary steps for inclusion of priority sectors like education in the jurisdiction of Universal Service Fund (USF) […]