Pakistan, March 26 -- Pakistan's marginalized communities-women, transgender individuals, and religious minorities-face a hostile online environment where cyber harassment is systematically weaponized to silence them. A recent research study on tackling marginalization in online spaces found that digital violence in Pakistan extends offline power structures. Online abuse, from doxxing and deepfake technology to disinformation campaigns and targeted hate speech, is orchestrated to reinforce societal hierarchies. Each group experiences distinct patterns of cyber harassment, exposing the state's failure to protect its most vulnerable citizens.
Women's rights activists face hypersexualized abuse, moral policing, and character assassination, es...