Dawn Investigations: '#GrabYourKeyboards': Inside Pakistan’s hashtag mills
While Twitter trends may be artificial, hashtag merchants are real people.
Ramsha Jahangir
GrabYourKeyboards: Inside Pakistan’s hashtag mills
ON July 4, a hashtag calling for the arrest of journalists became the top Twitter trend in Pakistan.
Pakistan leads in number of censorship requests sent to Facebook
KARACHI: Of the 17,807 content restrictions made by Facebook globally, the highest number of the requests — over ...
Pakistan leads in number of censorship requests sent to Facebook
Facebook restricted 5,690 items within Pakistan during the first half of 2019.
Over 260 fake media outlets set up by Indian network to target Pakistan: report
Purpose of these fake news outlets is to influence international institutions and elected representatives, says report.
HinduMuslimbhaibhai trends on Twitter after Kartarpur opening, Ayodhya verdict
'AyodhyaVerdict' was among the top trends across the globe while 'KartarpurCorridor' was trending fourth worldwide.
Pakistan among worst countries for internet freedom: report
Freedom House places Pakistan one place down from last year's ranking.
More removal requests sent to Twitter this year than ever: report
Removal requests from the government have witnessed a spike since PTI has come to power.
Internet services disrupted across Pakistan as cables go offline
KARACHI: As the world observed the International Internet Day on Tuesday, Pakistan faced a countrywide disruption in...
Almost million tweets on Kashmir blocked at India’s behest: CPJ
CPJ finds 53 letters by Indian govt to Twitter asking to block all, or part of, 400 accounts.
Twitter to alert govt before suspending ‘official’ accounts
"Whether they suspend/withhold content is still their decision," the NITB chairman clarifies.
Explainer: Decoding Pakistan's prison class system
What makes the better class so important and how is it allotted?
Is Twitter aiding India’s quest to silence Kashmiris?
Users have said their accounts have been suspended or withheld for posting about events in valley.
200 accounts suspended over Kashmir reported to Twitter
Twitter refutes charge of bias, says no one is above its rules.
India tops world with most internet shutdowns: report
Current blackout in occupied Kashmir is the 53rd one this year.
One way or the other, the future is digital
Significant policy interventions and investments may strengthen the technological ecosystem and help it move forward.
Kashmir blackout triggers online misinformation war
Over 30 pages related to the dispute locked on Wikipedia
PTA's content removal conundrum
Authority’s ever-widening regulation dragnet includes problems of transparency, arbitrary blocking
Digital campaign meant to educate journalists, not ridicule them: PTI
PM’s focal person says tweets against the press dubbing its critical coverage ‘anti-state’ blown out of context.
There's more to the ‘journalist’ who heckled FM Qureshi over free speech
Ezra Levant's website paints Pakistan as an “extremist, radical state, home to some of the greatest monsters on earth.”