Indian Chronicles: Disinfo database, SM policy, int’l pressure a must for Pakistan

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Indian Chronicles: Disinfo database, SM policy, int’l pressure a must for Pakistan
Sat, 16 Jan 2021, 1:45 PM

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ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 (APP): As Indian hybrid war tactics, exposed by EU-based DisinfoLab, continue to get worldwide attention, the think tanks and experts are suggesting Pakistan to formulate new policies, compile disinformation database and use international pressure to curb false information.

“First step that must be taken is amendment in existing laws and adoption of new legislations as per necessities. Moreover, special government offices, compilation of disinformation database and formulation of robust social media policy is need of the hour,” said a reputed journal Eurasia Review in its report titled Legal fights against disinformation: Lessons for Pakistan.”
While highlighting existing international laws and practices being adopted by the developed countries, the report mentioned Tallinn Manual 2.0 – authored by 19 international experts – which applies almost 154 international rules and laws to cyber domain. Under it, ‘Intervention by States’ prohibits a state to intervene [through cyber means] in internal or external affairs of other state. The rule is based on international law’s principle of sovereignty.

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It urged Pakistan to pressure international community to take stringent measures against false information.
It appreciated a recent statement by Pakistan Telecommunication in wake of the smear campaign of spreading false and baseless information targeting Pakistan stressing Twitter to effectively block handles involved in the campaign.
On the domestic front, the magazine suggested Pakistan to further examine its legal regulations to regulate media and platforms and follow practices adopted by developed countries.

The report observed that in recent years, Indian hybrid war tactics against Pakistan had intensified in its bid to isolate Pakistan regionally as well as internationally.

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In the latest episode, a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Brussels exposed 15-year long Indian attempt to target Pakistan through the proliferation of fake new and disinformation. DisinfoLab in its report titled “Indian Chronicles: Deep Dive into a 15-year Operation Targeting the European Union (EU) and United Nations to Serve Indian Interests,” regard it the “largest network” in order to “discredit Pakistan internationally.”

According to the report, “750+ Indian supported websites scattered across 119 countries have been working within the European Union and the United Nations for the past 15 years to destabilize Pakistan.”
The report argued that the disinformation campaign led by Srivastava Group mainly focused to influence the decisions of European Parliament and United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

In 2019, DisinfoLab also unearthed 265 websites, which were working towards similar end. According to the researchers at DisinfoLab, they had “uncovered an entire network of coordinated UN-accredited NGOs promoting Indian interests and criticizing Pakistan repeatedly.It said the cyberspace had germinated a new type of warfare that is generally recognized as fifth battlefield, transforming the traditional warfare techniques and responses.

Besides referring to 2017 G-7’s “Declaration on Responsible States Behavior in Cyberspace” (i.e., the “Lucca Declaration”), the journal also suggested that a state that is the victim of an internationally wrongful act may, in certain circumstances, resort to proportionate countermeasures, including measures conducted via ICTs, against the State responsible for the wrongful act in order to cause the responsible State to comply with its international obligations.”

International laws merely save a nation from the menace of disinformation campaigns. This is where the role of national laws comes in, it added.

Poynter Institute Report titled “A guide to anti-misinformation actions around the world”, in this regard, provide guidance for legislation against online disinformation.
The report also preferred to use the word ‘misinformation’ rather than ‘disinformation’ in order to cover the all angles of the concept.

In order to remove disinformation from online platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, Germany passed Network Enforcement Act. Furthermore, France also enacted a law against the manipulation of information in 2018, removing fake contents from social media.

Indian Chronicles: Disinfo database, SM policy, int’l pressure a must for Pakistan

The think tanks suggested Pakistan to form new policies, compile disinformation database and use pressure to tacked Indian hybrid wartactics.

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[Nasr]

15 years ago, on a different Pakistani forum, I had launched scathing and ruthless attacks on indians. Why? Because I saw the deception and filth of indians sitting in Pakistan, since I read news from all around the world, I came to that conclusion which the E.U's Disinfolabs have discovered. I told my countrymen then, to permanently boycott any and all indian media, music, film industry, cable-tv and news networks. I told my countrymen, 15 years ago, that the best way to kill an indian agenda is to have the Government of Pakistan launch an all encompassing and permanent BAN on all indian media, music, news, cable-tv. Ban them on Pakistani forums, ban them on visiting Pakistan, ban them from using foreign soil to launch attacks against Pakistan. Give them a frozen shoulder, so much so that they become starved for access to Pakistani society.

Simultaneously, Pakistan should work with other countries such as China, Turkey, Russia, Iran and the friendly Arab States to enhance cultural ties, music, art and literature. I said this 15 years ago, and those who knew me back then on the other Pakistani forum, know that I had repeatedly stated this. Today, disinfolabs have proven what I had said, that indians have a tremendous presence in the Western Media. The West openly supports india, 15 years ago, you didn't want to believe me. You use to say that we watch indian channels, movies and music for purely entertainment basis. Well, are you entertained now? Where Pakistanis have spent countless hours watching indian filth, you could have and should have used that time and energy to focus on fighting corrupt politicians, to have worked as a nation to provide our young with an education system that would ensure the next 100 years of our people would have a bright future.

You didn't take my warnings seriously 15 years ago. Today I again warn you, my countrymen, take your life seriously by approaching the Noble Qur'an with sincerity and applying yourselves to attain modern education in the same stride. I urge you to make the effort, starting in your very homes, to discourage and detain any and all indian filth music, movies, news and cable-tv, from your family and friends. Start the trend where you are, with whom you are and urge yourself and others close to you, to find your identity, personality, character, swagger as who you really are .... a Muslim, a Pakistani.

Pakistanis have taken for granted, who they are, for far too long. It is time we stand together as MUSLIMS, because there is NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING ELSE that would unite us as a nation. I am not asking you to grow a foot-long beard, a bang your head to the floor to get a dark spot on your forehead signifying your religiousness. But I am asking you to recognize that you are Muslim first, as such, you owe it to yourselves to study the Noble Qur'an. In the same breath, acquire a modern education and view it from the lens of the Noble Qur'an. It is our compass, our source of strength and our unifying power.