There has been a marked increase in the number of complaints related to blasphemy, harassment, anti-government posts and pornography, according to a report compiled by the Cybercrime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The FIA said complaints about anti-government and anti-religion posts, fake accounts, blasphemous posts and child pornography have seen a rise over the years. Breaking the data down, the FIA said it received 22,300 complaints on harassment, 48,000 related to financial fraud, 1,479 on anti-religious activities and 1,467 complaints related to blasphemy. It added that Lahore received the highest number of 36,700 complaints followed by Karachi and Islamabad, with 23,000 and 20,00 complaints respectively. The report stated the cybercrime wing also received 42,300 complaints about Facebook and 17,500 complaints about WhatsApp.

Source: Pakistan Today May 05, 2021 12:43 UTC