The UK’s broadcasting regulatory authority, the Office of Communications (Ofcom), has imposed a £20,000 fine on the Indian TV channel Republic TV for offensive language and hate speech against Pakistanis. Ofcom found an episode of the evening primetime show ‘Poochta Hai Bharat’ hosted by ...

Over the past few years, violence attributed to online hate speech has increased worldwide, which is why censorship on widely used tech platforms has become a necessity. Twitter is one of the social media platforms that has been actively rolling out policies to curb hate speech. In a recent blog ...

ISLAMABAD-Organizers of a Facebook ad boycott vowed to press on with their campaign, saying the social network's top executives had failed to offer meaningful action on curbing hateful content.At a virtual meeting that included Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, the #StopHateForProfit ...

ISLAMABAD – Over the issue of Hate speech against Pakistan Army, Islamabad High Court announced verdict in case against JUI - F Chief Fazalur Rahman. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday has rejected the petition against Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for ...

*MULTAN: Police arrested four people on the charges of hate speech against Prime Minister Imran Khan on social media.* As per details, four people indecently spoke against the prime minister and their videos went viral on social media. Following the massive propagation of hate speeches, police ...

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community tostay away from hate speech, saying that practice was a threat to human rights and sustainable development as well as to world peace and security. “We hear troubling, hateful echoes of ...

In occupied Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League has condemned the hate speeches made at a seminar organized by the Hindu extremist group “IkkJuth Jammu” in Jammu.  The JKML spokesman, Sajjad Ayoubi in a statement issued in Srinagar said that such seminars are organized to ...

Anti-Terrorism Court heard the case against MQM founder and others regarding hate speech and attack on media houses in Karachi (Saturday). The court declaring Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Khushbakhat Shujaat, Haider Abbas Rizvi and others as absconders adjourned the hearing till 8th of next month. MQM ...

ISLAMABAD:Anti-terrorists Court Karachi today once again issued non-bailable arrest warrants of MQM founder and other absconding accused in hate speech case. Meanwhile, challan of seven cases lodged at different police stations of Karachi were presented in the court by police. After this, the Court ...

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Hungary to crack down on hate speech made and spread by the country’s politicians against minorities, including Muslims. A panel of the UN rights committee also urged the Hungarian government to repeal a law allowing police ...