Mark Zuckerberg discussed legal challenges on blasphemy content lawsuit in Pakistan

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently discussed a legal battle in Pakistan, where he/she was sued on the condemnable content on Facebook, which highlights the challenges caused by separate legal framework worldwide.

In an interview with Rogan, Zuckerberg explained how laws that struggle with free expression values ​​by American tech companies, add pressure on global platforms to more strictly regulate materials.

“There are laws in different countries that we disagree. For example, there was a point on which someone was trying to sentence me to death in Pakistan because someone had a picture on Facebook where they had drawing of Prophet Mohammed, and some said, ‘This is our culture I am condemned. ‘ he/she sued me and opened this criminal proceedings. I do not know where it went because I am not just planning to go to Pakistan, so I was not worried about it, ”Zuckerberg said during an interview with the acclaimed podcaster who.

he/she admitted that the situation was particularly unstable in terms of personal security. “But it was a little disappointing – I was liked, well, these people are like this – it’s not very good (if you) are flying on that area, then you don’t want your aircraft to go down on top of Pakistan , If he/she goes through the thing.

More broadly, Zuckerberg highlighted the increasing pressure on government’s technology companies that seek strict material regulation. “The issue is that, there are places around the world that just have different values ​​that go against our free expression values ​​and want to crack and the way I think many people believe that Many people believe that the right thing will be done. , Those governments should be able to increase the power to say that they are going to throw you in jail – this is a lot of force. I think it is one of the things that the US government needs to help protect American technical companies abroad. ,

Earlier, on 7 January, Zuckerberg announced the Meta decision to change its fact-checking system on Facebook and Instagram with “Community notes” models similar to Elon Musk’s approach. The “a lot of mistakes and too much censorship” was as a result and “very politically biased.”

After Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 US presidential election, Zuckerberg met the former President at Mar-e-Lago. According to the variety, Meta donated US $ 1 million to Trump’s opening fund, including other major technical firms in contributing. Zuckerberg also attended Trump’s inauguration on 20 January.