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Moderate Globally Impact Locally: An internet with borders: A perspective from Pakistan
In Pakistan, social media has become an informational battleground for regional and domestic politics. We have seen foreign disinformation campaigns on Twitter, and heavy government pressure on platforms to adjust moderation policies to suit its own agenda. This has been backed by repressive new rules targeting speech, and even bans on platforms, restoring access to them only if they toe the line. There have even been instances where politicians, activists and journalists have found themselves subject to organized campaigns that flagged their social media activities for alleged breaches of the