New regulations allow authorities to ask for the removal of content, disabling of encryption. FMTNews Media Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A leading media rights watchdog has slammed new regulatory measures targeting social media platforms in Pakistan where the media have been subjected to growing censorship and pressure following the election of Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2018.
“These stringent but vague rules approved by Pakistan’s federal cabinet threaten the ability of journalists to report the news and communicate with their sources,” said Steven Butler, Committee to Protect Journalists’ Asia programme coordinator. “If anyone has a better suggestion for this mechanism and to support freedom of expression, we will listen.”
Facebook declined to comment on the new measures when contacted by AFP, while Twitter and YouTube did not respond to inquiries.
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