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Chairperson Senate committee on IT calls for action against misuse of social media

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator and Chairperson Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecom, Rubina Khalid has recently...

Jul 19 · >

Committee formed to revise laws to tackle fake news on social media: Senate panel

Social media has become increasingly popular all across the world as it has made the interaction between people a...

Jul 11 · >

Senate committee summons PTA & FIA over offensive content on social media

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Technology has asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Federal Investigation Agency...

Jul 9 · >

Wikipedia founder calls for a two-day strike against social media giants over privacy abuses

One of the co-founders of Wikipedia, Larry Sanger has recently called for a strike against social media giants for...

Jul 2 · >

Police to take strict action against hate speech preachers on social media

The City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi, DIG Muhammad Faisal Rana has directed the police officers in the city to...

Jul 1 · >

Police registers FIR against citizen for ‘anti-state propaganda’ on social media

PTI govt continues to suppress voices against the policies made by the state’s institutions by arresting people on the...

Jun 21 · >

FIA arrests PML-N’s youth wing leader over hateful content on social media

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested Waleed Butt, a leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) youth wing for...

Jun 18 · >

Pakistani social media automation product ContentStudio tops Product Hunt

Pakistani social media automation product, ContentStudio, was the top Product of the Day on Product Hunt and continued to...

Jun 14 · >

Bank Alfalah takes action against employee over abusive comments on social media

Bank Alfalah has taken action against an employee for inappropriate remarks and irrational ‘sexual’ retorts on social media against...

Jun 14 · >

A Pakistani girl commits suicide due to social media blackmailing

The group of blackmailers also forced her to give a fair amount of money. A girl in Badin, a...

May 20 · >

This is how social media is reacting on Huawei’s Android license cancellation by Google

So the day has come which the world’s tech giant might have feared. The Alphabet Inc. Google has just...

May 20 · >

Fawad Ch says he enjoys his memes on social media and here are our top picks

The Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has said that he enjoys memes made on him on social...

May 17 · >

FIA arrests a man who threatened a woman with sharing pictures on social media

In its effort to curb online harassment on social media, the Cyber Crime Wing of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)...

May 7 · >

Dank memes: The rise of social media incel groups in Pakistan’s digital space

Incitement of violence against women and animals is considered a form of dark humor in such groups.   Mahrukh*,...

Apr 22 · >

Sri Lankan govt blocks social media sites after deadly blasts

The Sri Lankan government has temporarily blocked access of natives to several social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp,...

Apr 22 · >

Over 50 fake social media accounts of Pakistani politicians taken down

Just after last month’s report, where members of the National Assembly Standing committee on IT and Telecom raised concerns...

Apr 10 · >

Social media executives may face jail if they fail to remove violent content quickly: Law approved

Owners of social networks can face imprisonment for failing to take down violent content from their platforms, quickly. The...

Apr 5 · >

Social media has become a double-edged sword for female journalists, report by Digital Rights Foundation explains

Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) has launched a new report titled, Female Journalists in new media: Experiences, challenges and a...

Mar 29 · >

FIA begins investigation of “social media campaign” against Saudi crown prince

The Federal Investigation Agency has launched an investigation against certain journalists and parties who allegedly executed (what government calls...

Mar 28 · >

This is how people are reacting to Careem’s acquisition news on social media

Uber is expected to acquire Careem in a $3.1 billion deal and this acquisition is said to be made...

Mar 25 · >

IT ministry officials express concern over their fake social media accounts

Members of the National Assembly Standing committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication have recently expressed serious concerns over fake...

Mar 21 · >

Sending unwanted ‘good morning’ messages and stalking on social media is also harassment, Kashmala

Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Kashmala Tariq has recently said that sending unnecessary, unwelcoming,...

Mar 20 · >

Careem launched a new marketing campaign and here is how people reacted on social media

Careem, the ride-hailing service popular in Pakistan and the Middle East, is famous for its marketing campaigns which highlight...

Mar 19 · >

FIA is monitoring social media to restrict anti-national propaganda

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is keeping a close eye on social media and other digital platforms to curb...

Feb 26 · >