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A new law in Pakistan aims to regulate social media content, setting up a regulatory authority with its own investigation agency and tribunals. Critics, including journalism groups and rights activists, claim the law is a threat to press freedom, as it allows prison sentences and hefty fines for spreading "false or fake" information. The government, however, claims it is to combat fake news with no specific regulations.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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