Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a bill with sweeping controls on social media that includes blocking platforms and sending users to prison for spreading disinformation.

Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a bill with sweeping controls on social media that includes blocking platforms and sending users to prison for spreading disinformation

The government on Wednesday proposed wholesale changes in the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), including widening of the scope of illegal contents on social media, a move seen by the journalists bodies as an attempt to throttle freedom of expression.