PTA to find ‘permanent fix’ for blasphemous content: HumSub.TV
PTA to find ‘permanent fix’ for blasphemous content: HumSub.TV: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has finalised its plans to find a permanent solution to the problem of ‘blasphemous content’ on social media, a senior official of the body said Wednesday.
Pakistan has sent a written letter to Facebook and their officials will soon visit the country, PTA Chairman Dr Syed Ismail Shah told a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication.
Dr Ismail said that most government requests to Google and Facebook for removing or restricting undesired content come from the United States.
Pakistan comes in at number four behind the US in the list of countries requesting removal of undesired content, he said.
When asked if any requests were sent by Saudi Arabia to block blasphemous content, PTA officials said that they had neither heard nor had knowledge of any such requests by Riyadh.
PTA officials are also making efforts to develop a local mechanism to block undesired content, the officials said.
Experts and latest equipment are needed to develop such a mechanism which is costly, said the PTA chairman.
The PTA official expressed his reservations, saying that the PTA is required to submit audit papers and give explanations to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) when it undertakes such costly projects. To which the committee chairman assured the PTA that it would be supported in any step it takes in the national interest.
The committee chairman said that steps need to be taken to block blasphemous and undesired content from social media.
PTA to find ‘permanent fix’ for blasphemous content: HumSub.TV
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HumSub TV, Pakistan’s first EDUTAINMENT Channel, has been set up for not only those audience residing in Pakistan or overseas but the international community on the whole. The vision of the channel is to project positive image building of Pakistan and inculcate nationalism as per the vision of the founder of the nation.
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