Pakistan leads in number of censorship requests sent to Facebook
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Of the 17,807 content restrictions made by Facebook globally, the highest number - over 31 per cent - of the requests originated from Pakistan between January and July 2019, according to the platform´s latest transparency report released on Wednesday. Facebook restricted 5,690 items within Pakistan during the first half of 2019, as compared to 4,174 pieces from the second half of 2018. During the reporting period, the volume of content restrictions based on local law decreased globally by 50pc from 35,972 to 17,807. Of the total volume, 58pc of restrictions originated from Pakistan and Mexico. Facebook said it restricted access in Pakistan to items reported by the Pakistan Telecommunication...