{"id":66619,"date":"2024-03-02T16:46:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/resolution-to-ban-all-major-social-platforms-including-x-instagram-and-youtube-lands-in-senate\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T16:46:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T16:46:16","slug":"resolution-to-ban-all-major-social-platforms-including-x-instagram-and-youtube-lands-in-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/resolution-to-ban-all-major-social-platforms-including-x-instagram-and-youtube-lands-in-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution to ban all major social platforms including X, Instagram and YouTube lands in Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>A resolution to have Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram, X and YouTube banned in Pakistan to protect the young generation from their \u201cnegative and devastating effects\u201d has landed in Senate and is on the house\u2019s agenda to be debated upon during Monday\u2019s session, it emerged today.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agenda issued by the Senate secretariat, a copy of which is available with <em>Dawn.com<\/em>, the resolution will be moved by Senator Bahramand Khan Tangi, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1810459\">expelled<\/a> by the PPP last month for remaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1803458\">silent<\/a> in a Senate session the month before when Independent Senator Dilawar Khan had moved a resolution for postponing general elections in KP and Balochistan.<\/p>\n<p>PPP has cancelled his membership but has not moved a reference against him neither has asked him to resign. Senate secretariat\u2019s record shows Tangi is still a Senator of PPP.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1496331\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The resolution claims that the aforementioned digital platforms were being used for promotion of norms \u201cagainst our religion and culture\u201d and \u201ccreating hatred amongst the people on the grounds of language and religion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that the use of such platforms to run \u201cnegative and malicious propaganda\u201d against the armed forces was against the interests of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch platforms were being used by vested interests for spreading fake news about various issues and trying to create and promote fake leadership in the country to hoodwink the young generation, the resolution said.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution pushing for blanket ban on major social websites comes at a time when the country is already facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1814999\">disruption<\/a> to the service of X \u2014 the website formerly known as Twitter \u2014 in the face of severe backlash against the judiciary and establishment following the general elections on Feb 8.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A resolution to have Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram, X and YouTube banned in Pakistan to protect the young generation from their \u201cnegative and devastating effects\u201d has landed in Senate and is on the house\u2019s agenda to be debated upon during Monday\u2019s session, it emerged today. 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