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Pakistan cybercrime law scares by its vagueness

Pakistan’s National Assembly has passed a cybercrime bill that provides for censorship of the internet. The legislation was passed earlier by the country’s Senate. It now needs the assent of the President to become law, which is seen as a formality. Some of the terms and definitions in the the bill, such as those for cyberstalking, have been defined loosely, and can be interpreted extremely broadly, the Digital Rights Foundation said. The bill would also set penalties that would be out of proportion to the infractions, the foundation said.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3107142/pakistan-cybercrime-law-scares-by-its-vagueness.html

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