Pakistan Plans Digital Rights Authority to Enforce Social Media Laws

The proposed Digital Rights Authority will also explore avenues for investigating violations of social media laws.

Sources claimed that the Cabinet Legal Reforms Committee invited media houses and other stakeholders to join the consultation session and proposed their suggestions regarding the amendment bill and the establishment of the Digital Rights Protection Authority.

The social media platform X has been blocked in Pakistan for over three months.

Earlier this month, the government launched a new National Cybercrimes Investigation Agency to probe electronic crimes.

“The government has no intention of unilateral legislation regarding the establishment of Digital Media Authority,” state-run Radio Pakistan said in a report quoting Tarar after he met a delegation from the National Press Club Islamabad today (Monday).

“He said all journalist organizations and press clubs will be taken into confidence on the matter.