The 13 Criticism Of Cyber Crime Bill Passed In The National Assembly of Pakistan

The National Assembly (NA) passed the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) 2015 after the Senate's unanimous adoption of the bill – with 50 amendments – earlier in July.

 Focus of criticism :- 

  1. Critics say the bill is too harsh, with punishments that do not fit crimes
  2. The bill's language leaves it open to abuse by LEAs, agencies, the government
  3. Recommendations of stakeholders were ignored in the formulation of the law
  4. It restricts freedom of expression and access to information
  5. The offences are too numerous, overlap with other existing laws
  6. The wording of the bill leaves many clauses open to interpretation
  7. The bill specifically can be misused to target journalists’ sources and whistleblowers
  8. Criteria for surveillance is even more open-ended than in the Fair Trial Act 2013
  9. Mechanisms for implementation are missing from this bill
  10. The bill has introduced clauses on cyberterrorism, which is not the subject of the bill
  11. The authority designated under the new law should have been independent of the executive
  12. The authority has been given sweeping powers to blocking and destroy online material, without a court order
  13. It does not adequately differentiate cyber crime from cyber terrorism and cyber warfare.

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