It is a fact that groups such as the Islamic State use their tech-savy members to recruit and disseminate their ideology online.
Source/Credit: The Nation
By Editorial | May 31, 2017
The theory that the government is more keen on curtailing the rights of social media activists that criticise state institutions instead of those spreading hate speech or extremist propaganda online has been all but confirmed by a Dawn report that revealed that at least 41 of the 64 banned outfits in Pakistan have an online presence.
The main medium used is Facebook with most of the content in Urdu or Roman Urdu, but with additional content in the regional languages as well.
What this tells us is that extremist ideology is openly being disseminated on the internet with little government scrutiny.
Why the Interior Ministry is so fixated on social media activists that have criticised the government or the army when banned groups are preaching openly is anyone’s guess.
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