AGP informs IHC PTA, stakeholders to be consulted on Unlawful Online Content Rules
ISLAMABAD:
The federal government has agreed to review its new social media policy -- Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards) Rules 2020 -- introduced in November last year amid protest by various stakeholders.
Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Javed Khan on Monday told an Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench that the government will revisit the rules in consultation with the stakeholders as well as the petitioners, who challenged the rules.
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah noted that Article-19 (Freedom of Speech) and Article-19A (Right to Information) are related to human rights.