WASHINGTON:WhatsApp said on Tuesday that a security breach on its messaging app had signs of coming from a government using surveillance technology developed by a private company, and it may have targeted human rights groups. WhatsApp, a unit of Facebook, said it had notified the US Department of Justice to help with an investigation, and […]
KARACHI: Insurance is less prevalent in developing countries where insurance companies can play a vital role as governments are not so active in health, education and other necessary fields. Growing digitalisation is expected to pave the way for increase in penetration by the insurance industry in Pakistan. “The country’s general insurance penetration, which is 0.3%, […]
An archive is just not a repository of the past: it is a lens into the reality of the present and the formation of the future. Hence the manner in which an archive is organised, accessed and utilised is critical not just for academic study but also the development of society. An archive also cannot […]
PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) National Response Centre for Cyber Crime (NR3C) on Thursday arrested a man belonging to Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) for allegedly harassing and blackmailing a woman. According to details, a resident of Mansehra district lodged a complaint with FIA NR3C stating that the suspect had sent her a threatening message, […]
The modern information technology provides an excellent podium for its utility for public benefit or it can also be employed for creating panic among the local population. Any person having multiple electronic connections and exclusive social capital base may create an event through transmitting a message in the form of audio or video messages. Such […]
دنیا بھر میں کل آزادی صحافت کا عالمی دن منایا جائے گا، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں کسی بھی ملک کی ترقی میں صحافت کا کردار انتہائی اہم ہوتا ہے یہی وجہ ہے کہ صحافت کو ریاست کا چوتھا ستون قرار دیا گیا ہے لیکن افسوس پاکستان سمیت دنیا بھر کے صحافیوں کے تحفظ کے […]
KARACHI: Governments are increasingly clamping down on press freedom as new laws are being enacted to curtail media independence around the world, while 55 journalists were killed since May last year, according to the International Press Institute (IPI). In a press statement issued on Wednesday, Barbara Trionfi, executive director of the Vienna-based IPI — a […]
A district court in Karachi on Tuesday confirmed the interim pre-arrest bail of journalist Shahzeb Jillani in a case pertaining to alleged cyber terrorism, hate speech and defamatory remarks about state institutions. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had booked Jillani in a case registered under Sections 500 (defamation), 109 (abetment) and 34 (common intention) of […]
Technology, especially digital technology is progressing at a breakneck speed. Normally we tend to assume that not much has happened in the last decade or so. But stupendous changes have indeed taken place, particularly in the field of communication technology, e.g., Facebook was founded in a dorm room at Harvard in 2004. Twitter was started […]
Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication will meet today (Monday) to discuss online offences. The committee has summoned the National Response Centre for Cybercrimes for a briefing on cybercrime complaints received and investigated, cases registered and their current status, while indicating the nature of offences in the last two years. The […]
Long ago, prior to the popularity of social media, adults would teach children the adage, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me.” The quote was often used in the context of verbal bullying. However, the phenomenon of verbal bullying has become more prevalent via the medium of internet communication, […]
KARACHI: Twitter users on Friday raised serious concerns over the increasing weaponisation of social media and online smear campaigns against several Pakistani journalists. The first series of the malicious hashtag campaigns emerged as the top three Twitter trends in Pakistan on Wednesday. The trends accompanied by scurrilous trolling, misinformation and doctored images targeted Marvi Sirmed, […]
KARACHI: Fifty-five per cent of women journalists, social media activists and human rights defenders in digital spaces surveyed have been subjected to online abuse or harassment. Ninety-one per cent felt the abuse was gendered and mostly personal in nature. Eighty-five per cent said the online abuse hurled at them often originated from apparently fake accounts. […]
KARACHI: A district court on Wednesday reserved its order on an application seeking confirmation of an interim pre-arrest bail of journalist Shahzeb Ali Shah Jillani in a case involving alleged cyber-terrorism, electronic forgery and giving defamatory remarks about state institutions. The FIA had booked Mr Jillani in a case registered under sections 500, 109 and […]
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