ISLAMABAD: Federal government to launch operation cleanup across countryover Social Media.

The federal government has decided to launch an operation clean-up onsocial media aimed at action against elements sharing indecent messages,images, and videos on the sites.Ad

The government has formed a committee to change rules of the Cyber CrimeAct to be led by the Additional Director General Headquarters of theFederal Investigation Agency (FIA).

The committee would include ADG Basharat, Director Cyber Crime Waqar Ahmed,Director Law Tariq Mehmood, and Deputy Director Cyber Crime Wing Sajjad Ali.

The committee would also preset its report on the non-cooperation from sixsocial media sites and would submit them to the interior and law ministries.

In January 2019, Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr.Muhammad Farogh Naseem on Thursday said that the government would bringamendments in cyber-crime law to remove flaws.

Talking to journalists, Farogh Naseem said that the law ministry hadprepared a draft of amendments and added that after finalizing the draftbill, it would be presented before the cabinet.

He underscored the need to balance the cyber-crime laws and added that theamendment bill would remove flaws and make things better.