ISLAMABAD: Facebook officials met with Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr.Shireen Mazari here on Monday.
According to the official twitter account of Federal Ministry of Human Rights, Human Rights Minister Dr. Shireen Mazari met the Facebook team to “highlight #HumanRights issues”.
The Facebook delegation that met the Human Rights Minister included Facebook’s Vice President (Public Policy) for Asia Pacific region Mr. Simon Milner, Head of Public Policy for Pakistan Sarim Aziz, Public Policy Manager (Pakistan) Sehar Tariq and Digital Media Specialist Imran Ghazali.
According to the official twitter account of Ministry of Human Rights, Dr. Mazari shared with the delegation various initiatives undertaken by the Ministry including 24/7 helpline to cater to human rights reports from Pakistan and free legal aid service for Pakistanis.
Dr. Mazari told the Facebook team about various initiatives taken by the ministry to address Human Rights issues. She told the team that the ministry has a 24/7 helpline that caters to human rights reports from across Pakistan and provides free legal counselling to the citizens.
— Ministry of Human Rights Government of Pakistan (@mohrpakistan) December 3, 2018
During the meeting, Dr. Shireen Mazari said that the government was taking steps to build the capacity of teams so that online tools could be used to quickly resolve the citizens’ problems. She also shared the various human rights campaigns that her Ministry was undertaking.
Human Rights Minister @ShireenMazari1 Dr.Mazari also mentioned the #WomenInheritance Rights Law, Transgender rights law, #ZainabAlertAct, 2018 and other awareness campaigns the ministry is working on to address #humanrights issues.#SocialMediaForGovt
— Ministry of Human Rights Government of Pakistan (@mohrpakistan) December 3, 2018
According to the official twitter handle, during the discussion, the issue of “#FakeNews ” was also discussed without elaborating further what concerns were highlighted around disinformation.
On the other, the official twitter handle noted that the Facebook VP offered “full support” to the Ministry’s initiatives and committed to work with government and civil society to raise awareness on human rights issues.
Mr. Milner offered full support to the ministry’s initiatives and said Facebook will help the government of Pakistan, civil society and NGOs in Pakistan raise awareness about human rights issues.#SocialMediaForGovt
— Ministry of Human Rights Government of Pakistan (@mohrpakistan) December 3, 2018
On disinformation, it noted:”Facebook outlined the work it has undertaken to fight false news through a combination of technology, including removing fake accounts, partnering with fact-checkers, and promoting news literacy in Pakistan.”
The Minister also discussed the issue of #FakeNews, and Facebook outlined the work it has undertaken to fight false news through a combination of technology, including removing fake accounts, partnering with fact-checkers, and promoting news literacy in Pakistan.
— Ministry of Human Rights Government of Pakistan (@mohrpakistan) December 3, 2018
