Thursday, 9 March 2017

Pakistan considers social media ban due to blasphemous content

Pakistan considers social media ban due to blasphemous content

An Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge has called for a ban on social media sites in Pakistan, due to the spread of ‘blasphemous’ images online. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui also wants people found to have posted blasphemous content online to have their names added to the Exit Control List, thereby prohibiting them from leaving the country.  “I will go to every extent to bring this case to its logical end and if needed I will even ban social media in Pakistan,” he is reported to have said. 
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/pakistan-social-media-ban-fears-blasphemous-content-online-islam-muslim-faith-a7619076.html?source=Snapzu

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