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@nuqsh
Sep 12, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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Thank you for taking an initial step. An important concern highlighted in the statement & demonstrated through testimonials was the use of representative's accounts to tag journalists as being 'fake' or accuse them of pushing 'an agenda’.
#AttacksWontSilenceUs
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Discrediting of journalists is done without offering any proof & often targets opinions (which are personal & can’t be fake opinions) Branding of journalists as 'fake news peddler’ by official or representative accounts triggers abuse & violence.
#AttacksWontSilenceUs
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I request you to issue guidelines to i) Create a nuanced understanding of what misinformation is & b) help the officials understand & acknowledge how the term ‘fake news’ is weaponised against democratic discourse
#AttacksWontSilenceUs
#TogetherAgainstAbuse
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It is important to differentiate between news and opinions and analysis. A democratic political discourse is not possible if every opposing opinion is dismissed as ‘fake news’.
#AttacksWontSilenceUs
#TogetherAgainstAbuse
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@ShireenMazari1 Unless representatives start recognising that an independent press as an important part of democratic development, such attempts to publicly discredit media would continue to lead to abuse of journalists.
#AttacksWontSilenceUs
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Sep 29, 2020
About 10 years back, I was called as a witness by the internal harassment committee in a media org. A complaint had been brought against a senior media personality, who had a pre existing reputation of behaving inappropriately towards women.
#MeToo
The questions that I was asked had nothing to do with the conduct of the accused or the incident itself. ALL the questions were about the complainants' conduct & her performance at work. I was asked if I believed that the salary that she was drawing was justified.
#MeToo
I was asked how I felt about the fact that I apparently made less than she did at that time. I was asked why she had more authority than other women in the newsroom. I was asked why she had not confided in me & other women about the incident the second it occurred.
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Sep 12, 2020
اسد عمر صاحد، کچھ فیکٹس درست کر لیں۔
پہلی سٹیٹمنٹ لکھنے والوں نے کوئی غلطی کی، نا مانی۔ اس پیٹیشن کو جن صحافیوں نے لکھا اور انڈورس کیا، ان کو پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے لوگوں نے، یا پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے نام پر ٹارگٹ کیا گیا۔ اس موقف پر آج بھی سب قائم ہیں۔
حال میں جارئ ہونے والا بیان، پہلے بیان کی تردید نہیں، تائید کرتا ہے۔
ہاں، نئے بیان میں شامل ہونے والے دیگر صحافیوں نے پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے ساتھ، ساتھ دیگر سیاسی جماعتوں کے کردار کے حوالے سے بھی بات کی ہے، یہ سیاست نہیں، اس موومنٹ میں مزید لوگوں کے تجربات کو شامل کرنے کی سعی ہے
پہلے بیان، اور حالیہ بیان، کسی میں بھی تحریک انصاف کو کلین چٹ نہیں دی گئی۔ بلکہ، حالیہ بیان میں بھی، یہ ہراسگی کے کلچر کو ختم کرنے کے لئے، حکومت کو دیگر جماعتوں سے زیادہ ذمہ دار ٹہرایا گیا ہے۔ گزارش ہے کہ بیان کو غور سے پڑھیں، پھر تبصرہ کریں۔
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Sep 11, 2020
At 17, I go to KU, fatherless & eldest among siblings, I travel in a bus for the 1st time & am touched, groped & pushed, so many times in the 15 minute journey that by the time I get to the University, I am too shaken to figure out which forms I need.
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At 18, a student at KU, I get used to being felt up. I spend the next 4 years commuting in Karachi public transport & loose count pf the number of times I am touched without consent.
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At 22, I take a rickshaw to work. 5 min in, the driver starts shouting about my duppatta. I panic. I apologise. I fumble with my duapatta. He keeps yelling. So I jump out as he starts to slow down on a red light and run with bleeding knees. I dont tell anyone.
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Aug 19, 2020
What has followed journalists giving testimonials in NA is onslaught of hate & accusations of spreading ‘fake news’. It is fascinating how the eager beavers have taken up the Trump coined term and have weaponised it to suit their purpose. #AttacksWontStopUs
Fake news is a term coined by President Trump to attack &discredit media. Unfortunately, given the state of ignorance & intolerance that is rampant, the term has been weaponised to attack any news & any opinion that doesn’t align with the narrative of power. #AttacksWontStopUs
What we are seeing here is the weaponisation of the term in order to defend party narratives. So far, various items that have been tagged as fake news have not actually contained misinformation. #AttacksWontStopUs
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Feb 11, 2020
Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules, drafted by PTA makes one thing clear - the goal is NOT to become China, it is to become North Korea. Snippets follow..
#SeriouslyNotKidding
Social Media companies excepted to act within 24 hours (or within 6 hours in emergency) to remove or disable access to content reported by a government appointed "National Coordinator" (Btw the IT minister has 15 days to find this coordinator after the notification of rules)
Interpretation or permissibility of any online content, by PTA or National Coordinator to take precedence
over any community standards or rules or community guidelines or policies or any other
instruments devised by a Social Media Company like @Twitter & @Facebook
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Shout to my team at @mmfd_Pak who helped us publish six interesting & informative publications this year - Thank you @AmelGhanii , @SalwaRana4 , @hijakamran & @_vics_ for putting in so much effort.
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Our latest, authored by @hijakamran & edited by @AmelGhanii & myself, this @DRM_News publication presents some horrifying statistics about the experience & impact of online violence against women journalists
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Click to follow - digitalrightsmonitor.pk/mmfd-launches-…
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