{"id":24256,"date":"2024-02-01T19:27:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T14:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=24256"},"modified":"2024-02-06T13:58:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T08:58:26","slug":"ecp-prepares-election-code-of-conduct-draft-for-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ecp-prepares-election-code-of-conduct-draft-for-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP prepares election code of conduct draft for social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecp.gov.pk\/\">Election Commission of Pakistan<\/a> (ECP) has prepared a draft of a code of conduct specifically for social media in preparation for upcoming elections, as reported by a private news channel. According to ECP sources, social media activists will be issued cards for the general elections and will be required to take a statement on oath committing to comply with the code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Key points from the code of conduct draft include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social media activists will be allowed to observe polling stations from within but will not be permitted to seek votes for any specific political party.<\/li>\n<li>They are prohibited from attempting to influence voters through social media.<\/li>\n<li>Social media activists are not allowed to capture footage of the internal premises of polling stations.<\/li>\n<li>These measures are likely aimed at regulating the use of social media during elections to ensure fairness and prevent any undue<br \/>\ninfluence on the electoral process.<em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ecp-to-hold-an-important-law-and-order-conference-ahead-of-elections-on-february-8.html\">ECP to hold Important Meeting ahead of Elections amid Security Concerns<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has prepared a draft of a code of conduct specifically for social media in preparation for upcoming elections, as reported by a private news channel. According to ECP sources, social media activists will be issued cards for the general elections and will be required to take a statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":24257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11511,9,2],"tags":[491,11281,148],"class_list":["post-24256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election-2024","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-election-commission-of-pakistan","tag-code-of-conduct-for-election","tag-ecp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}