Pakistan Arrests 3 People Suspected of Posting Blasphemous Content OnlineMarch 24, 2017 — ICC Note: Pakistan rapidly advanced from rhetoric to action in regards to punishing people suspected of posting ‘blasphemous’ content on social media platforms. On Friday, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)...
Pakistan Threatens to Punish Social Media CompaniesMarch 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Not only has Pakistan declared blasphemous posts on social media illegal and demanded that social media platforms assist the Pakistani government in banning such posts, but now the...
Pakistan Asks Facebook to Help Remove ‘Blasphemous’ ContentMarch 17, 2017 — ICC Note: As Pakistan seeks to remove what it considers ‘blasphemous’ posts from social media, government officials are asking Facebook for help. Facebook is ‘carefully considering’ the request as such...
