Talha Sarawr Pakistani social media would now remain shaky’
’اب پاکستانی سوشل میڈیا سہما سہما رہے گا‘ Talha s/o Muhammad Sarwar B.S Part III 20k18/MC/152 Translation Urdu to English ‘Pakistani social media would now remain shaky’ The controversial cyber crime bill has been passed and in a few days it will turn into a law, but Organisations still have reservations to work for cyber rights. What are the key points after 55 Amendment that socialmedia and online freedom of expression are considered about? The PTA has an authority in cyber crime bill to block access to any content or website, because it is considered a crime. Nighat Dad, who works as an NGO for cyber rights, says,” the bill does not give a useful explanation from the reasons given to criminalisation of any of the material and it is unclear, who will believe that this website falls into this category, hence it is not appropriate to give such absolute authority to a single institution.” Nighat Dad says, “The examples and traditions, that PTA ...