Google, Wikipedia issued notices by Pakistan over 'sacrilegious content'

Pakistan regulators on December 25 threatened internet giants Google, Wikipedia and sent m a tice for “disseminating sacrilegious content”. In an official press release, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) called for immediate removal of “unlawful content” from Google. y also pointed to online ps that name religious leer Mirza Masroor Ahm as current “Khalifa” or leer of Islam, thus contricting dominant religious beliefs in country. regulators even said that Google Play Store has an “unauntic version of Holy Quran”. 

press te re, “Complaints were also received regarding hosting of caricatures of Holy Prophet (PBUH) and dissemination of misleing, wrong, deceptive and deceitful information through articles published on Wikipedia portraying Mirza Masroor Ahm as a Muslim”. 

“In case platforms remain n-compliant, PTA shall be constrained to initiate furr action under Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA) and Rules 2020,” it ded. 

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Pak’s clampdown on social media 

Meanwhile, in recent months, Pakistani government has sought to exercise greater control over digital sphere by approving a draft policy that critics say opens doors to mass censorship. PM Imran Khan-led government h anunced new rules for social media websites, which aimed at giving greater direct powers to authorities to censor digital content. Imran Khan promised to initiate a "bro-based" consultation on content regulation after a strong backlash from stakeholders over release of Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020. 

Under new rules anunced by Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Techlogy, social media companies and Internet service providers shall provide designated investigation ncy with any information or data is decrypted, reable and comprehensible format, Dawn newspaper reported. Subject to justifiable technical limitations, information to be provided may include subscriber information, traffic data, content data, and any or information or data.

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