Posted by | October 14, 2020
Episode 18: Ban on TikTok

Participant: Mubariz Siddiqui General Counsel, Sarmayacar Mubariz is a legal practitioner with extensive experience working with tech startups, VCs, and angel investors in Pakistan. He has represented various startups and...

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Episode 17: Disinformation – A Perspective from Brazil

Participant: Heloisa Massaro - head of research on Information and Politics at InternetLab. She is a Master of Laws student in Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law at the University of...

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Episode 16: Public hangings and chemical castration for rapists: Why is the response to the gang rape hysterical, insincere and self-laudatory?

Participants: Dr. Asha Bedar - Clinical psychologist whose work focuses on issues of gender and violence against women and children Sarah Zaman - Feminist activist and researcher, who focuses on...

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Episode 15: RAPE – Reactions, socio-cultural attitudes, psychological impact, laws and procedures

Participants: Dr. Asha Bedar - clinical psychologist whose work focuses on issues of gender and violence against women and children Sarah Zaman - feminist activist and researcher, who focuses on...

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Episode 14: Legislate, Criminalise, Regulate

Participants: Reema Omer is a legal advisor with the International Commission of Jurists Sara Malkani is an advocate of the High Court Summary: Narratives in favour of enacting legislation, criminalising...

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Posted by | October 13, 2020
Episode 13: Online Harassment and Attacks on women in media

Participants: Mehmal Sarfraz - Journalist and Co-Founder, The Current Ramsha Jahangir - Award-Winning Journalist, covers Technology and Human Rights Tanzeela Mazhar - Journalist/TV anchor and Co-Founder, Women in Media Alliance...

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Episode 12: weaponisation of “fake news”

Participants: Dr. Courtney Radsh -  Advocacy Director, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Jason Pielemeier - Policy Director, Global Network Initiative (GNI) Summary: We discuss the weaponisation of "fake news" by...

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Episode 11: Balancing Rights

Participants:  Sara Malkani - Advocate of the High Court Asad Jamal - Lahore-based lawyer   Summary: The discussion revolves around the Punjab Tahaffuz-e-Bunyaad-e-Islam Act 2020, freedom of speech and due...

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Episode 10: Banning Tech

Participants: Anum Malkani - Director Policy Advisory at CERP Wahaj us Siraj - Co-founder & CEO, Nayatel Nasir Ayyaz - Lawyer, specialises in Information Technology and Law Summary Bigo and...

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Episode 9: policy brief on Pakistan’s Internet Censorship Regime

Bolo Bhi Team discusses our Policy Brief on Pakistan's Online Censorship Regime, in light of the PUBG ban, BIGO live app ban, and threats to ban TikTok and YouTube in...

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