The federal government to impose a Crackdown on Social media Defamation and impose strict penalties as well whoever posts any immoral or unethical content.
Rana Sanullah, the newly-appointed Federal Interior Minister of Pakistan, on Friday decided to launch a crackdown against those people who are seen to be defaming people by spreading inappropriate and obscene videos on social media. The newly-elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif has instructed the immediate arrest of those sharing immoral content on social media.
“The prime minister has directed that such content cannot be tolerated and we will arrest those who spread immoral content on social media,” Sanaullah stated. In addition, the Interior Minister said that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and other agencies have been assigned to do the same.
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah chaired a meeting today, which was also attended by Federal Secretary Interior, IG Punjab, DG FIA, Acting Chairman Nadra Khalid Latif, and other officials.
In the meeting, issues of harassment of citizens and uploading “immoral videos” on social media were discussed and it was decided to crack down “on those who share defamatory content on social media and impersonate others”. The officials also deliberated on “blackmailing and character assassination of citizens”.
“We will wipe out those who spread such filth, including immoral videos and pictures,” said Rana Sanaullah
