The government urged social media companies on Friday to immediately eliminate the content of the terrorist from its platforms using artificial intelligence (AI), emphasizing global cooperation against digital terrorism, including data exchange. Going to a joint press conference in Islamabad with the Minister of State for the lawyer of the law Aqeel Malik, Minister of State of the Interior, Talal Chaudhry, emphasized that the elimination of the terrorist contents of social networks did not intend to silence freedom of expression, but to build a wall against the threat.
"I want to ask the social media operators and platforms that cooperate with us in the blockade and elimination of accounts, taking measures to stop mirrors accounts and share information from the holders of accounts that operate these accounts," Chaudhry said. Earl this week, Chaudhry had highlighted how a terrorist group was using WhatsApp channels for "disseminate hateful content and harmful narratives". He told the joint press that the relevant authorities were considering that 2,417 complaints related to terrorism in social networks were considering.
"Pakistan is a bulwark against terrorism. We have detected hundreds of social media accounts linked to terrorism. Atues such as TTP, IS-K, BL and BLF are spreading propaganda and recruiting young people through social networks," said. On the occasion, the lawyer Aqeel said that terrorism and propaganda were punishable crimes under the Electronic Crime Prevention Law (PECA). "Pakistan has demanded the closure of terrorist accounts, automatic block and access to data from social media platforms," said.
