ISLAMABAD, Mar 28 (APP):National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has developed an online reporting portal, aimed
at countering online extremism, abuse of internet and social media.
“Surf safer “is an online reporting portal for Pakistanis to report extremist online-content freely, securely
and anonymously as well.
The other purpose of responsive web portal is to create eyes and ears in cyber-sphere to counter radical and
extremism ideology in online realm.
The implementation status (NACTA Review – December 2017) of
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 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.
NACTA and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) 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.
NACTA’s Android and iOS applications (Tat’heer apps- CHAUKAS) are
mobile-based user-friendly systems which enable a common citizen to report any incidence of hate speech or
extremist content in form of video, audio, photo and URL/text visible to them on cyber-sphere.