Social media sites bound to remove illegal content in 24 hours, NA body told.

Islamabad: The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Information Technology was briefed on Monday regarding the Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020 by officials of the Ministry of Information and Technology. The members of the committee were told that a national coordinator for overviewing social media activities would be appointed by the federal IT Ministry."Under the rules, the social media companies are bound to remove illegal material from their sites within 24 hours of the complaint," the briefing said adding that they would be further directed to open their offices in Islamabad and establish their data bank within the country.The national coordinator of the social media company will be fined upto Rs 500 million for violating the rules, the IT officials said while shedding a light on the rules prepared by a ministerial committee led by secretary law.He said that the cabinet has already approved social media rules on January 28.Asked as to why a national coordinator could not be appointed, the secretary IT cited...