Pakistan: Blocking of YouTube Channels Exposes Court and Platform Complicity in Civic Space Repression.
Joint Public Statement by @forum_asia and @bytesforall#Pakistan: https://t.co/XU3j6zZRic
📢 FORUM-ASIA and @bytesforall condemn #Pakistan’s order to block 27 YouTube channels, targeting journalists and opposition voices under vague “anti-state” claims. We call on Pakistan to repeal PECA and on @YouTube to uphold #digitalrights, not enable repression.
https://t.co/5AmywSiG4c
#Pakistan 🇵🇰 @bytesforall's new report explores the manipulation of political narratives using deepfake technologies and warns that it "presents a dangerous escalation in Pakistan’s information warfare landscape." https://t.co/qtailpgfG3
#Asia 🌏 The recent standoff between the #India & #Pakistan has triggered cross-border #disinformation campaigns. A @bytesforall study urges transparency, ethical #AI development, and human oversight to counter crisis-driven disinformation. https://t.co/nz9lQAlwin
We tested 2200 websites last night and @X was still blocked. WhatsApp and YouTube were disrupted for nearly half hour after India attacked. We will keep monitoring Pakistani cyberspace for any updates that matters to the people.
Digital watchdog @RonDeibert (@citizenlab) talks to @spaikin about the impact the Trump administration will have on cyber security, why Canadians ought to be concerned by the Cloud Act bilateral agreement with the U.S., and his new book "Chasing Shadows." https://t.co/IHlkpADr9j
PAKISTAN: "Without urgent action, these legislative measures will further cement a repressive regime that erodes fundamental rights, violates international human rights standards, and deepens Pakistan’s troubling slide into authoritarianism." @bytesforall
https://t.co/pC7rgVpjTk
Joint Statement by Bytes For All @bytesforall and Forum-Asia @forum_asia: Proposed PECA Amendment and Digital Nation Pakistan Bill Threaten Digital Rights.
https://t.co/KBNJxT7cWG
Public Statement: "We urge the government to release Pakistan’s cyberspace from the shackles of censorship, unnecessary mass digital surveillance, ensuring cyber security for the citizens, leapfrogging and harnessing the true economic and social potential of cyberspace in Pakistan."
https://t.co/WqCzZCmC0F