A PALL is descending on digital spaces, and threatening every citizen’s democratic right to free speech with real-life consequences. It comes as no reassurance, then, that while Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal insisted people would be allowed to air their political opinions on social media, he also announced that the FIA would spearhead the creation of […]
ISLAMABAD: Amid growing concerns over the alleged disappearanceof a number of social media activists linked to the ruling party, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday announced plans to formulate a framework to monitor social media in order to prevent it from being used as a tool to malign national institutions and spread anarchy or extremism in […]
ISLAMABAD – The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication was informed that the Pakistan Telecom Authority had taken action against 188 websites for uploading blasphemous material. The meeting was held in the Parliament House under the chair of Syed Ali Raza Abidi because Chairman Committee Captain Safdar could not attend the meeting due to some personal engagements. PTI […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology that a high-level committee was being formed to monitor and block blasphemous content on the internet. “The committee, being constituted by the Ministry of Interior, will include representatives from PTA, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), and the ministry,” […]
REGULATING cyberspace is a challenging task for every nation. In Pakistan, the enactment of the Prevention of Electronics Crime Act (Peca), 2016, despite many reservations, was a step in the right direction due to the emerging cyber threats and the need to provide protection to citizens vulnerable to the misuse of technology. It has been […]
DISTURBING though it may be, it is hardly surprising that internet access in Pakistan is being selectively filtered — ‘censored’ is perhaps the more accurate word here. A research report released last week regarding random tests that involved 22 internet service providers in the country bore witness to the fact that at least 210 URLs […]
RAWALPINDI: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing arrested on Friday two men suspected of posting on social media material and content deemed to be contemptuous of major state organs. The arrests were made during raids on the residences of Anwar Aadil in Railway Carriage Factory Colony and Wajid Rasul Malik in Al-Noor Colony in […]
KARACHI: In random tests involving 22 internet service providers (ISPs) it has been found that more than 200 URLs have been blocked in Pakistan, according to a research study carried out by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) and Bytes for All Pakistan. The research report released on Wednesday looked at data from 2014 […]
In recent years social media has become the main medium for sharing opinions and information. One of its functions has become to gauge the majority opinion in a society when peaceniks and liberals were hoping that it would become a new frontier for peace and cultural exchange. Social networking has a role in perpetuating stereotypical […]
PESHAWAR: A new website ‘Donate Online’ was launched on Wednesday to facilitate donors making donations for over 10 leading charity organisations in the country. The Telenor Microfinance Bank launched the service to bring together the country’s leading philanthropic organisations under its digital services umbrella to ensure convenient and transparent donation collection for the charity organisations […]
KARACHI: The number of requests made by Pakistani authorities to Twitter for removal of accounts and information has doubled since last year, according to a bi-annual transparency report of the social networking website. Between January and June 30, the government asked Twitter to remove 24 accounts, and over 80 accounts were reported, with zero compliance. […]
ISLAMABAD: Advocating the right to freedom of speech through digital mediums, Bolo Bhi – a not-for-profit geared towards advocacy, policy and research in the areas of gender rights, government transparency, Internet access, digital security and privacy – has called on the government of Pakistan, and especially institutions responsible for governance of the Federally Administered Tribal […]
KARACHI: At Café Zero Degree, trance and dance music pounded on the speakers but one group of youngsters were not partying. From their faces they appeared to have been hungry for days; the dark circles around their eyes bespoke of their sleeplessness. But this night was going to be different for them. They were anxiously awaiting […]
CHENNAI: The Jang Media Group won the South Asian Digital Awards 2017 for its augmented reality app Jang Real, in a ceremony recently held in Chennai, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) to recognise the best practices in digital publishing worldwide. Newspapers from Malaysia, India and Bangladesh clinched awards in […]
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