Governments worldwide are now busy framing effective laws to hold social networking websites responsible for searching and deleting defamatory content promptly or face massive financial penalties, which is quite a shift from the past when the focus was primarily on individuals posting or uploading controversial or provocative material on Internet. "Cyber-bullying" and an increase in intimidating behavior on social media channels have led many states to enact laws that prohibit online harassment specifically. Pakistan, however, is still in an infancy stage in this context, allowing social media trolls to spread fake news, defame and bully people — sans any fear — and with absolute...
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