(vi)
"Https" means Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secured used as underlying
protocol by the World Wide Web for formatting, transmission and
communication of messages on internet in a secure encrypted form;
(vii) “Incitement” means and includes an act by a person to incite another to commit
a crime, an aider or abettor;
(viii) “Online Content” means an Information on an Information System including
but not limited to photo, image, video, audio, text, infographic, article, subcontent and status uploaded or updated on any online Information System;
(ix)
"Online Systems" means an Information System connected with other
Information System through internet and any cloud-based content distribution
services;
(x)
"Over The Top Application (OTTA)" means the service or an application or a
content which is provided to User over the public Internet with or without the
involvement of the network provider;
(xi)
“Person” shall include any individual, company, body politic or corporate, or
association or body of individuals whether incorporated or not;
(xii)
"Social Media" means any social media application or service or platform or
communication channel dedicated to community based input, interaction,
content, sub-content, sharing and collaboration, and includes Facebook,
Twitter, Google+, Youtube, Dailymotion, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest,
LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok and any other such application and service;
(xiii) "Social Media Company" means any Person that owns or manages Online
Systems for provision of social media;
(xiv) “Universal Resource Locator” (URL) means the global address of information
and other resources located on or served from Information System connected
through internet; and
(xv)
“User” means any Person who accesses or avails any Online System for the
purpose of hosting, publishing, creating, displaying sharing or uploading any
information including views and includes other persons jointly participating in
using the Online Systems.
(2)
All other words and expressions used but not defined in these Rules shall have
the same meanings as may be assigned to them in the Constitution of Islamic Republic
of Pakistan 1973, the Act, the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act 1996
(XVII of 1996), Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860), Code of Criminal Procedure
1898 (Act V of 1898), and Qanoon-e-Shahadat, 1984 (P.O.No.X of 1984).