Facebook removed blasphemous content on our request, claims Pak

Islamabad, Mar 27: Facebook has removed about 85 per cent blasphemous material at the request of Pakistan, the government on Monday informed a top court.

Interior Secretary Arif Khan in a report to the Islamabad High Court said that Facebook has taken Pakistan's request positively and is blocking blasphemous content on the social networking site. The high court was hearing a case about the prevalence of sacrilegious contents on social media. The court earlier ordered the government to take action against anti-Islam content.

'Facebook is already complying and has taken



down about 85 per cent contents we pointed out.

Banning Facebook is not the solution,' he said.

He further informed the court that the Federal Investigation Agency has arrested three suspects for their alleged involvement in publishing blasphemous content on social media. Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Ismael Shah said a team of 25 professionals were active against online blasphemous content and so far 40 such pages were blocked.

He said the Facebook administration has realised the issue and 'assured to comply with our demand'.