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Pakistani PM Demands Facebook to Ban Islamophobic Content


Mon 26 Oct 2020 | 11:20 AM
Ahmed Yasser

Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday, to ban Islamophobic content on the site, warning of an increase in radicalisisation among Muslims.

Khan explained that growing Islamophobia is encouraging extremism and violence across the world especially through social media platforms such as Facebook.

I demanded facebook to place a similar ban on Islamophobia and hate against Islam, Khan added.

On other hand, Facebook spokeswoman reported that the company was against all forms of hate and did not allow attacks based on race, ethnicity, national origin or religion, according to Reuters.

Earlier, Pakistani government blocked TikTok, claiming that it has received complaints from different society segments against immoral content.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority “PTA” reported that it had issued a final notice to the company, in view of the “complaints and nature of the content being consistently posted on TikTok.

In July,  the government banned a Chinese-owned live-streaming app ”Bigo” for similar reasons. However, left the door open to review its decision if TikTok manages to create a “satisfactory mechanism” to moderate content.

Moreover, Internet platforms have regularly run afoul of Pakistan’s laws on morality and objectionable content. YouTube, which has borne the brunt of such actions so far, was banned for more than three years between September 2012 and January 2016. The video-sharing platform was only reinstated after it launched a local version that allows the government to demand the removal of material it considers offensive.

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