Pakistan tops in Facebook content censorship
KARACHI:Facebook restricted access to over 5,000 pages, posts and other content in Pakistan between January and June 2019 – the highest in the world – followed by Mexico with 4,727…
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Pakistan leads in number of censorship requests sent to Facebook
Of the 17,807 content restrictions made by Facebook globally, the highest number — over 31 per cent — of the requests originated from Pakistan between January and July 2019, according…
Journalist acquitted in cyber crime case
QUETTA: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday acquitted a journalist in a cyber crime case. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had registered a first information report against Zafarullah Achakzai under the…
CFWIJ organizes mentorship accelerator around challenges, solutions for Pakistani women in journalism
The Coalition For Women In Journalism hosted a discussion today at the Institute of Business Management, focused on overcoming the many challenges women journalists face in Pakistan. The session included…
Women reluctant to take up climate journalism: study
KARACHI: Despite scientific evidence of apocalyptic times to come due to climate change, fewer journalists — especially women — are writing on issues around environment with the media failing to…
Media freedom in Pakistan is seeing dark times, says panel
Press freedom in Pakistan is the worst today than it has ever been before, said panelists at a talk on censorship held at the Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT) at SOAS…