Pakistan: Beware the New Cyber-Crime Bill.

[Logethica]

Pakistan: Beware of the Cyber Crime Bill:
- Activities that you thought harmless can send you to jail now..

The National Assembly on Thursday approved the controversial Cyber Crime Bill 2015 with a vast majority despite the opposition it faced from Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...

Some of the key features of the bill include...

• Anyone found guilty of cyber terrorism will face 14-year imprisonment and an Rs5 crore fine.
• Hate speech on the internet could cost one an imprisonment of up to 7 years.
  
• 10-year imprisonment and Rs10 lakh fine for misusing internet data.
  
• 5-year imprisonment and Rs5 lakh fine for selling mobile SIMs illegally.

To read the article in full and to see other Key features of the Cyber Crime Bill please visit the link at the top of the page.

 

[Aleeyen]

Instead of this, they should create law to punish terrorist.