"The battle for free expression in Pakistan is no longer fought only against state censorship or cultural taboos. It is now also waged against invisible algorithms, biased content moderation, and weaponized digital harassment." -Asma Tariq
#Pakistan 🇵🇰 Asma Tariq's article for the #Digital5050 feminist magazine of @digitalrightspk.bsky.social looks into the silencing of women's voices in virtual spaces. buff.ly/6erld3G
#Pakistan 🇵🇰 Zainab Durrani's article in the #Digital5050 magazine of @digitalrightspk.bsky.social explores the role of bots, AI, & tech platforms in the viral spread of online hate during the India-Pakistan crisis.
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🟡 #Digital5050 Issue 3 Stories 🟡
Asma Tariq's story looks at the challenges Baloch activists and journalists face related to online hate speech and disinformation in the face of vague platform moderation policies.
Link: digitalrightsfoundation.pk/from-censors...
Illustrations: Emil Hasnain
🟡 #Digital5050 Issue 3 Stories 🟡
Hija Kamran's story looks at how AI fuels gendered and political #hatespeech globally, how that intersects with Pakistan's regulatory framework, and how feminist movements can respond.
Link: digitalrightsfoundation.pk/ai-platform-...
Illustrations: Emil Hasnain
🟡 #Digital5050 Issue 3 Stories 🟡
Zainab Dar's story explores the increase in racist and #misogynist content online after the #IndoPakEscalations. It especially analyzes the roots of such vitriol in populist narratives.
Link: digitalrightsfoundation.pk/the-intersec...
Illustrations: Emil Hasnain
🟡 #Digital5050 Issue 3 Stories 🟡
Zainab Durrani's story explores the concurrent wars fought on ground and online in the context of the Indo-Pak escalations, and the role played by platforms and AI like Grok.
Link: digitalrightsfoundation.pk/the-summer-o...
Illustrations: Emil Hasnain
📣 DIGITAL 50.50 THIRD ISSUE (2025) LAUNCHED 📣
Marking International Day for #CounteringHateSpeech, this issue of #Digital5050 focuses on #platformaccountability and the urgent need to counter online hate.
🔗Read here: tinyurl.com/567yfkcf
Illustrations: Emil Hasnain
#notohate
Spotlight on Digital 50.50, 2nd Issue (2025) Part 2
The contributors for this issue of #Digital5050 explore how #BigTech impacts #journalism.
🔗Read here: tinyurl.com/4hb9ch2x
Illustrations by Emil Hasnain
Spotlight on #Digital5050, 2nd Issue (2025) Part 1
The contributors for this issue explore harmful #platform policies, #AI #misinformation, & strategies employed by #journalists to report news online.
🔗Read here: tinyurl.com/4hb9ch2x
Illustrations by Emil Hasnain
📣 #DIGITAL5050 ISSUE 2 (2025) LAUNCHED 📣
Our second issue is here! This issue spotlights the alarming nexus between platforms and bad actors to suppress #freespeech online, threatening #journalist safety and human rights across digital spaces.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4hb9ch2x
On this #WordPressFreedomDay, let's stand up for press freedom and tech accountability, which will be explored further in our upcoming issue of #Digital5050.
📣OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS📣
Do you have a story on online #hatespeech? Then send us your pitches (maximum 100 words) for the next issue of #digital5050, marking International Day for Countering Hate Speech!
➡️ Deadline for submitting pitches: 12th May, 5 PM.
#pitches #opencall
➡️Missed the deadline for submitting your #Digital5050 pitch? We're still accepting pitches for English pieces!
🚨DEADLINE FOR ENGLISH PITCHES ONLY: Thursday, 3rd April (1 PM)🚨
Read our submission guidelines here👇👇👇
🚨REMINDER🚨
Do you want your story featured in our next #Digital5050 issue? Don't forget to send us your pitches! 📩
🗓Deadline: 24th March (5PM)
Here's the final roundup of #Digital5050 articles!
1. 'Why is it Important to Make Social Media Platforms Accountable?' by Wajeeha Aslam
💡About: This piece analyzes how, with weak platform reporting mechanisms, online users remain vulnerable to harm, especially women.
🔗: tinyurl.com/2eeh64en
Here's the next roundup of #Digital5050 articles!
1. 'Beyond the Hashtag: Women's Digital Livelihoods & the Risk of PECA' by Rabbiya Arshad
💡About: This piece analyzes how amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) have impacted women's digital rights.
🔗: tinyurl.com/mprpkak2
"Perhaps while individual resistance is important, women shouldn’t have to 'outsmart’ algorithms just to have their voices heard. The responsibility is on platforms, intermediaries and policymakers to build safer, fairer systems." - PhD researcher Shirin Naseer
#Pakistan 🇵🇰 @digitalrightspk.bsky.social 's latest #Digital5050 e-magazine features Anmol Irfan on how women resist bias and misogyny amplified by social media algorithms, with insights from researcher Shirin Naseer. buff.ly/7QxZ6tr
Here's the next roundup of #Digital5050 articles!
1. 'Make AI Great Again: How the Overuse of AI in Content Moderation on Digital Platforms is Harming User Experience' by Mehar Khursheed
💡About: This piece explores how AI has created a hostile environment online.
🔗: tinyurl.com/yeyw5n4m
📣 OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 📣
Do you have an opinion to share about journalism in the digital age? Do you have a story about how platform policies suppress or enable freedom of expression? 🌐
See the next post for more details.
DEADLINE: 24th March 2025 (5 PM).
#digital5050
#opencallforsubmissions
Here's the next roundup of #Digital5050 articles from our latest issue!
1. 'Why Women Fight the Algorithm' by Anmol Irfan
💡About: This piece analyzes the dangers of hate speech in the wake of new platform policies & their impact on vulnerable groups.
🔗: tinyurl.com/39yn5b2p
✨ SPOTLIGHT ON DIGITAL 50.50 ISSUE 1 (2025) ARTICLES ✨
This week, DRF will be highlighting the articles from our latest #Digital5050 issue!
1. 'Gendered Slurs in Urdu: Social Media’s Moderation Failure and Its Consequences' by Hamna Iqbal Baig
🔗: tinyurl.com/54usrp7c
📣LAUNCH OF DIGITAL 50.50📣
We're proud to announce the release of our first issue of this year's #Digital5050, w. stories on the theme 'Empowered Voices, Accountable Platforms: Redefining Digital Equality' for #IWD.
🔗: tinyurl.com/yc6344u3
Artist: Emil Hasnain
In solidarity with women's rights collectives Aurat March Lahore and Women's Action Forum Lahore, DRF commemorates National Women's Day by revisiting our 2021 #Digital5050 issue
Click here to read now: tinyurl.com/4b6wm7xa
#feministhistory #womensrights #genderequality
