Policy Critique8 min readDraft
Fake-news regulation often begins with a reasonable concern: false information can cause public harm. The problem is what happens when the state defines falsehood broadly and enforces it selectively.
In Pakistan, the risk is not only bad drafting. It is the expansion of state discretion over speech in an environment where journalists, activists, and political opponents already face pressure.
A law that claims to protect truth can become a tool for silence when it lacks narrow definitions, independent oversight, and strong procedural safeguards.
The question is not whether misinformation is real. It is who gets to define it, and with what limits.
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