{"id":61391,"date":"2020-02-13T16:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61391"},"modified":"2020-02-13T16:05:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:05:37","slug":"social-media-companies-bound-law-open-offices-pakistan-within-3-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/social-media-companies-bound-law-open-offices-pakistan-within-3-months.html","title":{"rendered":"Social media companies bound by law to open offices in Pakistan within 3 months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new law that makes it mandatory for international social media companies to register themselves in the country and open local offices within three months, a news source reported. As per the publication, the rules and regulations of the law have been included in the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/secp-proposes-amendments-companies-act-2017.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SECP proposes amendments in Companies Act 2017 (opens in a new tab)\">SECP proposes amendments in Companies Act 2017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The law demands that social media platforms and companies should engage representatives in Pakistan and collaborate with the National Coordination Authority that has been tasked with regulating these firms. Additionally, the law also requires social media companies to install data servers in the country within one year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/resolve-issues-construction-companies-punjab-cs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Resolve issues of construction companies: Punjab CS (opens in a new tab)\">Resolve issues of construction companies: Punjab CS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the social media firms are expected to deliver data to intelligence and law enforcement agencies on accounts that are found guilty of spreading hate speech and fake news, targeting state institutions, uploading blasphemous information or media, and issuing statements against national harmony and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/mobile-app-female-commuters-kp-update.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"security (opens in a new tab)\">security<\/a>. Subsequently, the state authorities will take action against the nationals who are found guilty of any of the aforementioned crimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-companies-keen-to-invest-in-faisalabads-allama-iqbal-industrial-city.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chinese companies keen to invest in Faisalabad\u2019s Allama Iqbal Industrial City (opens in a new tab)\">Chinese companies keen to invest in Faisalabad\u2019s Allama Iqbal Industrial City<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The law stipulates that\nif the companies fail to deliver data or execute directives within 15 days, the\nauthorities will be permitted to suspend their services or impose heavy fines of\nup to PKR 500 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new law that makes it mandatory for international social media companies to register themselves in the country and open local offices within three months, a news source reported. As per the publication, the rules and regulations of the law have been included in the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016. Read: SECP proposes amendments in Companies Act 2017 The law demands that social media platforms and companies should engage representatives in Pakistan and collaborate with the National Coordination Authority that has been tasked with regulating these firms. Additionally, the law also requires social media companies to install data servers in the country within one year. Read: Resolve issues of construction companies: Punjab CS Moreover, the social media firms are expected to deliver data to intelligence and law enforcement agencies on accounts that are found guilty of spreading hate speech and fake news, targeting state institutions, uploading blasphemous information or media, and issuing statements against national harmony and security. Subsequently, the state authorities will take action against the nationals who are found guilty of any of the aforementioned crimes. Read: Chinese companies keen to invest in Faisalabad\u2019s Allama Iqbal Industrial City The law&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":61392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015,15020],"tags":[19213,19214,19212],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-federal-cabinet","10":"tag-prevention-of-electronic-crimes-act","11":"tag-social-media-bound-to-open-offices-in-3-months","12":"cat-15015-id","13":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Social media companies bound to open offices 3 months - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new law that makes it mandatory for international social media companies to register themselves\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/social-media-companies-bound-law-open-offices-pakistan-within-3-months.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Social media companies bound to open offices 3 months - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new law that makes it mandatory for international social media companies to register themselves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/social-media-companies-bound-law-open-offices-pakistan-within-3-months.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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