Pakistan’s upper house of parliament has passed a controversial bill that critics say is designed to suppress freedom of speech

Hundreds of Pakistani journalists rallied on Tuesday against a proposed law to regulate social media content that they say is aimed at curbing press freedom and controlling the digital landscape. The law would establish a regulatory authority that would have its own investigation agency and tribunals.

Pakistan's Senate has voted to criminalize "intentional" spreading of misinformation with jail terms of up to three years. Pakistan's media regulator blocked Wikipedia in 2023 over "blasphemous material,