ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday issued a final warning to major social media platforms, urging them to comply with local laws and proactively curb militant content or face action similar to measures taken by Brazil against X, where the platform was briefly banned last year.
Briefing foreign media in Islamabad, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry and Minister of State for Law and Justice Aqeel Malik said the government had formally raised concerns with platforms including X, Meta, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, TikTok and Telegram. The officials said Pakistan expected these companies to strengthen moderation systems, improve cooperation with law enforcement and adopt tools capable of detecting extremist activity before it spreads.
“This is our last warning. These companies must comply with Pakistani laws, establish offices in Pakistan, and use AI and algorithmic tools to identify terror-linked accounts,” Chaudhry told reporters.
He said authorities had detected dozens of accounts linked to regional militant networks operating across multiple platforms.
“These accounts are linked to organizations already proscribed by the United States and the United Nations,” he noted, underscoring what officials described as cross-border online activity contributing to radicalization and security threats.
