TikTok sets up council to allay concerns over content control
Originally published in Dawn on September 24, 2020 ISLAMABAD: Amid concerns in Pakistan and some other Asian countries over lack...
Originally published in Dawn on September 24, 2020 ISLAMABAD: Amid concerns in Pakistan and some other Asian countries over lack...
Originally posted in The Guardian on September 21, 2020 Twitter has apologised for a “racist” image cropping algorithm, after users...
Islamabad, 18th August 2020: A group of women journalists shared testimonials of online abuse that has exacerbated in 2020 at...
Islamabad, 12 August 2020: Chairperson Standing Committee on Human Rights, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has taken notice of the issue of...
Read Urdu version of the story here. Supreme Court has taken notice regarding objectionable content on social media and YouTube,...
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