ISLAMABAD: In order to counter the flow of illegal, blasphemous, obscene or defamatory content on social media, the government has presented new rules where service providers will be bound to remove or block access to select online content. PTA will register the complaint while ensuring that the online content and the identity of the complainant is kept confidential if need be. Similarly, PTA will not disclose such online content and identity of the complainant to any person who is directly responsible for receiving and processing the complaints. The authority may seek expert opinion from any person wherever it deems appropriate during the processing of the complaint against online content. Under Section 37 of PECA, PTA is empowered to block or remove unlawful online content in the telecommunication sector with approval of the federal government and with the cooperation of law enforcement agencies.

Source: Pakistan Today October 02, 2020 18:33 UTC