Event | Courses and Workshops Free Speech and the Regulation of Social Media in Egypt and Pakistan
Date and Location
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When: Thursday, September 23, 2021
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm EDT
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Where: Online Only
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Join foreign legal specialists Tariq Ahmad and George Sadek for the next installment of our Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series, this time focusing on Free Speech and the Regulation of Social Media in Egypt and Pakistan. In recent years, there has been an increased global focus on the governmental responses to the dissemination of hate speech and false information online. This webinar will focus on current and proposed legal frameworks for regulating unlawful and harmful speech on social media platforms in Egypt and Pakistan. The presenters will address the obligations (e.g. content removal) and liabilities of social media companies, the criminalization of certain online content, and the free speech implications for these limitations on online platforms.