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Report: The Constitutional and Human Rights Risks of Pakistan’s E-Safety Bill

Bolo Bhi — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 15:37:07 +0000

This report identifies significant problems with Pakistan’s E-Safety Bill and compares it with online safety legislation in other countries. On July 26, 2023, the federal cabinet provided approval in principle to the E-Safety Bill 2023. Formally known as “An act to provide for fostering and promoting safe online Social Network Platforms,” the E-Safety Bill purports […]

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How Not to Regulate Disinformation: The 2024 General Elections and the Misregulation of Disinformation

Bolo Bhi — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 11:50:52 +0000

Disinformation poses a significant threat to political participation, social discourse, and democracy in countries across the globe. The spread of disinformation online creates problems regarding access to credible information, political polarization, manipulation of social media, trust in the news media, the circulation of incorrect health information, and hate speech. However, while disinformation is a serious […]

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Social media regulations: A comparative study of six jurisdictions

Bolo Bhi — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:00:56 +0000

This comparative study by Bolo Bhi titled “Social media regulations: A comparative study of six jurisdictions” summarises the current and proposed social media related regulations in the European Union, United Kingdom, United States, India, Turkey, and France. This was done in order to facilitate an informed discussion about social media related regulations around the world […]

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Analysis: Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Protection, Oversight and Safeguards) Rules, 2020

Bolo Bhi — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 08:54:55 +0000

On November 18, 2020, Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Protection, Oversight and Safeguards) Rules, 2020, as published in the Extraordinary Gazette, were uploaded to the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom’s (MOITT) website, approved and in effect since October 20, 2020. Below is a comparison with the earlier version of the Rules that […]

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Episode 19: Gender Justice – Sexual violence, medico-legal procedures, police and judicial reform

Bolo Bhi — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:15:08 +0000

Participant: Omar Maniar is a rule of law and legal empowerment practitioner with experience of working across Sindh and Punjab on the legal empowerment of vulnerable groups, including women, children, and prisoners held in prison. Omar has also worked closely with Prisons, Police, Prosecution, Judiciary, and Home Departments in both provinces on wide-ranging rule of […]

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The Silencing Act

Bolo Bhi — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:45:41 +0000

“Women are harassed and so we must introduce a law to protect them,” went the PML-N narrative in favour of enacting the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016. This line peddled was mainly by the then minister for state for information technology and telecom, Anusha Rahman, to shut down critique levelled at the draconian provisions […]

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Episode 18: Ban on TikTok

Bolo Bhi — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:08:18 +0000

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 investors in financing deals at different stages. Currently, he is the General Counsel at Sarmayacar, a Pakistan focused venture capital fund. He has been practicing […]

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Episode 17: Disinformation – A Perspective from Brazil

Bolo Bhi — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:50:27 +0000

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 São Paulo, where she also earned her Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B., 2018). Between 2016 and 2017, she was an exchange student at Paris School […]

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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?

Bolo Bhi — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:49:59 +0000

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 sexual and gender-based violence Sara Malkani - Advocate of the High Court Nazish Brohi - Social and development sector researcher, working on issues around gender, […]

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

Bolo Bhi — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:47:37 +0000

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 sexual and gender-based violence Asiya Munir - advocate of the High Court and works with War Against Rape and Legal Aid Foundation Nazish Brohi - […]

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