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Debate #285 · Human rights, minorities and media

Should press freedom be limited to protect religious sensibilities and national goals?

Asked 2 times · 2 years · Current Affairs · Sociology
This debate All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (2)PositionsSame themeIs Pakistan's media a blessing or a curse for public opinion and politics?Do media owners control content and so distort the media's representativeness?Is social media disinformation a threat to Pakistan's national security?
+2 moreCan Pakistan's laws and law enforcement keep pace with cybercrime?Does social media strengthen democracy and public accountability in Pakistan?

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Examiners want: Free speech against regulation, the blasphemy and national-interest arguments, roles of PEMRA, UN and OIC, Pakistani examples, a regulatory path

The questions

2014
CSS · Sociology · Discuss

Discuss the burgeoning role of social media in Pakistan. Explain the importance of regulating the mainstream electronic media towards the achievement of national goals. Illustrate your answer with examples from Pakistan.

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2006
CSS · Current Affairs · Question

The ongoing anti blasphemy campaign launched by Muslims all over the world and the West's obduracy not to yield on the issue in the name of freedom of press has put the two on a collision. What role the UN and the OIC can play to prevent recurrence of acts of blasphemy in future?

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News about this debate watches for: pemra, blasphemy, oic, un human rights council, freedom of press, danish cartoons, charlie hebdo, media regulation, article 19, defamation of religions, content ban.