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Before the July 25 legislative elections in Pakistan, Facebook has disabled many accounts and pages of the Milli Muslim League (MML), a political organization launched by Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed, reported on Sunday. a media.
Facebook general manager Mark Zuckerberg said his priority was to make sure his social networking site promotes positive speech and prevents interference in upcoming elections in Pakistan, India, Brazil , in Mexico and in other countries. Facebook officials contacted the Pakistan Election Commission (PCE) and offered help to identify and remove the fake pages of political parties before the elections, The Express Tribune reported .
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did not recognize the LML as a political party. In April of this year, the United States placed the MML on its list of foreign terrorist organizations for its links with Lashkar-e-Taiba. After the ECP denied MML's recognition, Saeed announced that about 200 candidates from his party would be arguing under a little-known party, Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek
spokesman for MML Tabish Qayyum told reporters that Facebook has removed many accounts. candidates and party workers without mentioning any reason. It was a violation of his own policy and amounted to a penalty on freedom of expression, he said.
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