13/02/2020
📌GOVERNMENT OKAYS RULES TO REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA AGENCIES.
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES will obliged to disclose any information or data to a designated investigation agency, when sought, and failure to abide by any of the provision will entail a fine of up to Rs500 million.
The main rules are as follow:
👉The information to be provided may include subscriber information, traffic data or content data.
👉Social media platforms will be required to remove any 'unlawful content' pointed out to them in writing or electronically signed email within 24 hours and in emergency cases within 6 hours.
👉These firms will have to establish registered offices with physical address located in islamabad within next three months.
👉These companies will also be required to appoint a pakistan-based focal person coordination with the relevant authorities within 12 months to record and store data and online content.
👉The interpretation or permissibility of any online content, by the authority or the national coordinator will take precedence over any community standards or rules or community guidelines or policies or any other instruments devised by a social media company.
👉A company will take due cognizance of the religious, cultural, ethnic and national security sensitivities of Pakistan.
👉A company will deploy proactive mechanisms to ensure prevention of live streaming in Pakistan of any content in violation of any law, rule, regulation or instruction of the national coordinator, particularly regarding online content related to terrorism, extremism, hate speech, defamation, fake news, incitement to violence and national security.
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Source: dawnnewspaper
