Pakistan’s parliament passes bill with sweeping controls on social media
Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a bill with sweeping controls on social media that includes blocking ...
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Pakistan's New Social Media Law Grants Government Extensive Control, Raises Human Rights Concerns
New Pakistani law criminalizes disinformation, empowers executives to ban apps, sparking backlash over free speech concerns.
Explained: The controversy over Pakistan’s bill that could jail people for disinformation on social media
The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), swiftly passed in Pakistan’s lower house of parliament following an ...
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Internet slowdown in Pakistan: Submarine cable fault persists
A fault in the submarine cable AAA-1, detected on January 2 near Qatar, has disrupted internet services across Pakistan. PTCL has diverted traffic through alternative routes and arranged additional ...
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Pakistan's social media influencers seek to gain followers by owning big cats
In Pakistan, having a pet lion or tiger is becoming increasingly trendy. Rich businessmen, industrialists and landowners already have their own zoos. More recently, social media influencers have ...
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Why social media thinks Pakistan's EO-1 satellite looks like a 'water tank'
Pakistan’s launch of its first locally developed Electro-Optical (EO-1) satellite from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on Friday quickly became the target of social media trolling.
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Pakistan tops world in economic losses due to internet shutdowns
KARACHI: Pakistan leads the world in terms of financial losses suffered as a result of outages and shutdowns of internet and social media apps last year. Pakistan topped the charts with a ...
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PIA, Pakistan’s national airline, in trouble over disturbing social media ad
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is getting a bumpy ride over a promotional graphic that appears to evoke a terror attack on Paris. The graphic, posted on X on ...