According to the Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2020-2021 released by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), while murder, physical assaults, extra-legal abductions as well as threats and arrests of media personnel continued unabated, the past year also saw a focus on attempts to directly control the very content being produced by the media. Directives issued by the media regulatory bodies, bans on entire platforms and efforts to create rules that enhance legal repercussions have created an environment where the media is censored, and journalists are pushed towards self-censorship.
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Pakistan shuts social media sites till 3pm
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ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to shut social media platforms in the country from 11am-3pm, Friday, the Interior Ministry said.
The ministry, in a statement, said that the Pakistan Telecommunication (PTA) has been directed to blocked the services of Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube, and Telegram and Twitter in the country.
“….complete access to social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube and Telegram) may be blocked from 1100hrs to 1500hrs on 16th April 2021 across the country,” read the notification issued by the ministry to chairman PTA.
Pakistan ‘Temporarily’ Blocks Social Media Platforms
Pakistan ‘Temporarily’ Blocks Social Media Platforms
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Interior Ministry directs suspension of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Telegram in bid to maintain public order
Pakistan on Friday ‘temporarily’ blocked all major social media platforms in an ostensible bid to prevent protesters linked to the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from coordinating mass demonstrations calling for the expulsion of the French ambassador from the country.
“Complete access to social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Telegram) may be blocked from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 16 across the country,” read a notification issued by the Interior Ministry to the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority. “It is requested that immediate action may be taken on the subject matter under intimation to this ministry,” it added.