The government on Wednesday announced to launch a major crackdown against hate speech on social media.
“A mechanism has been finalised to control hate speech on social media. There was a need to build a capacity to monitor social media and trace fake accounts,” Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry stated during a press conference in Islamabad.
The Information Minister regretted that certain elements through fake accounts are resorting to hate speeches and issuing edicts.
“Several persons have already been arrested for using social media to issue edicts, propagate their extremist narrative and issue threats,” he added.
He said these elements will be brought to book and enforcement of relevant laws will be ensured to stop these elements from spreading their extremist narrative.
The Information Minister said we are also establishing Pakistan Media regulatory authority which will provide one window facility to all the media outlets and ensure enforcement of related regulations.
Fawad Chaudhary said Pakistani nation has almost overcome the menace of terrorism. This was made possible by the resilience of the nation.
The Information Minister said Pakistan has given immense sacrifices in the war on terror and in the next phase we will further consolidate the gains made against terrorism by not allowing those resorting to hate speeches.
