Online Talk: Will Pakistan ban social media?

South Asia Press organizes a talk to discuss Pakistan government’s move to introduce changes to Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA) by adding ‘Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards) Rules 2020’. With these changes, will the government now have legal cover to issue blanket bans on digital content?

Guests: Usama Khilji of Bolobhi and Rabia Mehmood, independent journalist. Moderated by Taha Siddiqui, Editor-in-chief South Asia Press.

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