SilencedPECA Section 2A: Establishment of the Authority
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016 (as amended in 2025)
What this section covers
Official heading: Establishment of the Authority
Added in 2025. Creates the Social Media Protection and Regulatory Authority, which can order social media platforms to remove or block content (section 2R) and hears complaints about 'fake information'.
Part of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016 (as amended in 2025). Pakistan's cybercrime law, passed in 2016. It makes offences of things done through phones, computers and the internet, including online defamation (section 20), glorifying terrorism (section 9), cyber terrorism (section 10) and, since 2025, spreading 'false or fake' information (section 26-A). It also lets the authorities order online content removed or blocked (section 37).
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