Nisar meets Facebook VP, discusses steps against blasphemous content

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday met Facebook Vice President Joel Kaplan and discussed various steps and actions to remove blasphemous content from the social media website, said a statement from the interior ministry.

Nisar said the entire Muslim Ummah was disturbed and has serious concerns over the misuse of social media platforms to propagate blasphemous content.

“Nothing is more sacred to us than our religion and our holy personalities,” said Nisar. 

“We appreciate the understanding shown by the Facebook's administration and the cooperation being extended to us on these issues.”

The statement said the Facebook official reiterated the website's commitment to keep the platform safe and promote values that are in congruence with its community standards. 

He added the social media site is also committed to removing fake accounts, explicit, hateful and provocative material that incites violence and terrorism.

Kaplan`s visit to Islamabad was the first tour of a high-level representative from Facebook Public Global Policy.

The statement claimed that Nisar told the top-level representative of Facebook that though the government of Pakistan believes in free speech however, it will not allow anyone to insult religious sentiments of people.