Instead of a law focusing on protecting online rights, the PECA relied on criminalisation of free speech and wide powers of content regulation
The criminalisation of defamation under PECA was already particularly wide in its scope as it does not contain the provisos found in the PPC...
The digital legal landscape in Pakistan was in increasing flux as regulatory tensions from the preceding year spilled into 2021
Instead of tackling the urgent issues it is weighed down by, Facebook has chosen to sidestep responsibility under the garb of ‘innovation’...
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were inaccessible for hours. A look at what happened, and why the problem is bigger than a social media platform
Statements by the government expressing outrage are understandable, however, these have centred on targetting by India rather than speaking to the...
While all major social media companies are being applauded for banning Trump, the timing is curious and speaks to the capacity of these platforms to...
Increasing surveillance capacities and a litany of state and legal interventions, and the potential of collective action in 2020
The recent PEMRA and PTA bans aim to exercise control over free speech, not just speech strictly considered ‘political’, but any expression that...
Maulana Tariq Jamil’s anti-women remarks are offensive because they trivialise the very real violence on women’s bodies during the coronavirus...
