Sr. No.Date IncidentEnquiry/FIRPetition 2104 August 2020Pir Mahal police booked a man under section 295 A of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and 16 Maintenance of Public Ordinance (MPO) 1960 for allegedly posting blasphemous posts on his Facebook account. According to voicepk.net, “the police said that they have registered the FIR to maintain public order in [...]

Month/Year Government Announcements Initiate Crackdown and Regulate Social MediaDisappearances/Summons/Detentions/FIRs/Arrests Based on/Linked to Social Media PostsContent Restriction: Website Blocking, Requests to Companies, Twitter Notices Petitions Challenging PTA and FIA Action, and PECA January 2017Jan 25: Khabaristan Times, a satirical website, blocked. According to Facebook’s Transparency Report for July-Dec 2016, Pakistan made 1,002 requests to Facebook for [...]

Government Announcements to Crackdown and Regulate Social Media

The table below is based on information available in news reports, online and legal documents. It records incidents between 2017-2019, where legal action under existing laws has been taken against individuals on the basis of their social media posts, which includes issuance of summons, initiation of enquiries, registration of FIRs, detentions and arrests.