aspersion
Spreading false, harmful information that damages reputation.
What it triggers
- In Pakistan, under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act, 2025, aspersion criminalizes the dissemination or spread of false and harmful information that damages the reputation of a person.source
- Under Pakistan's Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act, 2025, aspersion is used to capture and qualify certain content-related offences.source
Definitions (2)
A statutory term defined in the Amendment to mean the dissemination or spread of false and harmful information that damages the reputation of a person. It is used to capture and qualify certain content-related offences under the amended Act.
Aspersion means spreading false and harmful information damaging a person’s reputation. The term is defined in amended section 2 and is relevant to the content-regulation provisions.
Not to be confused with
Actual malice requires distributing false media with knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard for the truth, whereas aspersion covers any dissemination of false and harmful information damaging reputation without specifying the mental state.
Digital falsification involves the creation or alteration of media to falsely represent events or speech, while aspersion is the broader act of spreading such false and harmful information.
Questions and answers
What does aspersion mean under Pakistan's Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act, 2025?
Aspersion is defined as the dissemination or spread of false and harmful information that damages the reputation of a person. It qualifies certain content-related offences in the Act.
Is spreading false online content about someone aspersion in Pakistan?
Yes, under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act, 2025, spreading false and harmful information online that damages a person's reputation constitutes aspersion and is criminalized.
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