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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Facebook decides to launch digital literacy programme in 2020
ISLAMABAD: While Pakistan tops the list of countries for making requests to block contents, Facebook has decided to launch digital literacy programme next year 2020 in order to create awareness…
