“Facebook should classify all such material in its list of prohibited content,” IHC demanded, adding that the government also needs to build a firewall against such content. Such institution, the IHC order said, should continuously monitor and combat anarchist elements. The PTA in the light of the 2017 orders should chalk out a comprehensive framework to combat blasphemous content. Action needs to be taken against websites and pages promoting blasphemous content. Former IHC judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui had penned a detailed verdict against blasphemous content.

Source: The Express Tribune March 04, 2019 19:18 UTC