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Pakistan social media
![Pakistan Plans to Regulate Social Media Through Legislation Pakistan Plans to Regulate Social Media Through Legislation](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-05-28-143459.jpg)
Pakistan Plans to Regulate Social Media Through Legislation
By Umair Jamal
There are concerns that the authorities will misuse the proposed legislation to deal with critics and opponents.
![Punjab’s New Defamation Law Sparks Pushback, Protests Punjab’s New Defamation Law Sparks Pushback, Protests](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-05-23-141024.jpg)
Punjab’s New Defamation Law Sparks Pushback, Protests
By W. Tariq
Critics say the hastily passed bill will have devastating effects on free speech and the media in Pakistan’s most populous province.
![Key Ally of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Demands End to Ban on X, Formerly Twitter Key Ally of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Demands End to Ban on X, Formerly Twitter](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-29-212305.jpg)
Key Ally of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Demands End to Ban on X, Formerly Twitter
By Munir Ahmed
Two months after the ban went into effect, Farhatullah Babar, a senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, publicly called for access to the social media platform to be restored.
![Pakistan’s X Restrictions Near 1-Month Mark, Despite Court Ruling Pakistan’s X Restrictions Near 1-Month Mark, Despite Court Ruling](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-03-11-172029.jpg)
Pakistan’s X Restrictions Near 1-Month Mark, Despite Court Ruling
By Fareha Iqtidar Khan
The social media platform has been blocked in Pakistan for nearly a month, following the controversial general election.
![Pakistan’s Long History of Throttling Press Freedom Pakistan’s Long History of Throttling Press Freedom](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-05-20-4.jpg)
Pakistan’s Long History of Throttling Press Freedom
By Asfandiyar
The power game between the military and political parties in the country has always taken a toll on the media space – to the country’s detriment.
![Pakistan’s Social Media Is Overflowing With Hate Speech Against Ahmadis Pakistan’s Social Media Is Overflowing With Hate Speech Against Ahmadis](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-30-5.jpg)
Pakistan’s Social Media Is Overflowing With Hate Speech Against Ahmadis
By Tehreem Azeem
The minority community has always faced persecution in the real world. Online, it’s become even more common.
![Internet and Social Media Blackouts Are Hurting Businesses in Pakistan Internet and Social Media Blackouts Are Hurting Businesses in Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-05-06-5.jpg)
Internet and Social Media Blackouts Are Hurting Businesses in Pakistan
By Shahid Afzal Khan
The internet offers Pakistan a path for sustainable economic growth. Government “security” policies must not get in its way.
![US Diplomacy in Pakistan: The Case of the Missing Mangoes US Diplomacy in Pakistan: The Case of the Missing Mangoes](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-30-4.jpg)
US Diplomacy in Pakistan: The Case of the Missing Mangoes
By Adam Weinstein and Adnan Rasool
U.S. diplomacy needs to leave the conference room and engage with local populations – something European and Chinese diplomats have already mastered.
![Pakistan’s Government and Military Are Crushing Dissent on Social Media Pakistan’s Government and Military Are Crushing Dissent on Social Media](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-social-media-1795578_1920.jpg)
Pakistan’s Government and Military Are Crushing Dissent on Social Media
By Abdul Rehman
New social media regulations are just the latest tool used to criminalize dissenting online speech.
![Can Social Media Help Heal the Wounds of Partition? Can Social Media Help Heal the Wounds of Partition?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-with-villagers.jpg)
Can Social Media Help Heal the Wounds of Partition?
By Iftikhar Alam
72 years after partition, migrants are using social media to reconnect with their ancestral homes.
![Pakistan’s Undeclared Censorship Pakistan’s Undeclared Censorship](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-12282432_f2c6b961ed_o.jpg)
Pakistan’s Undeclared Censorship
By Tehreem Azeem
Pakistan's media environment is under increasing control -- but some journalists are fighting back.
![Pakistan’s Twitter Crackdown Pakistan’s Twitter Crackdown](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-cell-phone-1245663_1280.jpg)
Pakistan’s Twitter Crackdown
By Tehreem Azeem
Why is Twitter sending notices to journalists and human rights activists in Pakistan?
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