ISLAMABAD March 28 (TNS): The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has developed an online reporting portal aimed at countering online extremism, the misuse or abuse of internet and the social media.
“Surfsafer” is an online reporting portal for Pakistanis to report extremist online-content freely, securely and anonymously as well, NACTA said in a statement here on Wednesday.
“The other purpose of the responsive web portal is to create eyes and ears in cyber-sphere to counter radical and extremist ideology in the online realm.”
The implementation status of the National Action Plan (NAP) has revealed that the mission of surfsafer (https://surfsafe.pk) is to counter online extremism, map and eliminate extremist content, help victims of extremism by regaining space for values of moderation, love and fraternity in cyber-sphere through community participation and ultimately make internet a safer place for everyone, it said.
It said in order to filter social media sites and enable vigilance against cyber-crimes, `Prevention of Electronic Crime’ Act-2016 has already been passed by parliament and constant vigilance of internet traffic has resulted in blocking of 1447 URLs which hosted extremist content, it said.
The NACTA and the Federal Investigation Agency are continuously coordinating on this issue.
The review further revealed that mobile application has been developed and available at Google Play Store and Apple Store.
