ACKNOWLEDGMENTS RESEARCHER AND AUTHOR Gayatri Khandhadai LEAD EDITORy Rabia Mehmood REVIEWED BY Hassan Belal Zaidi DESIGNED BY Rabeea Arif The author would like to acknowledge the following people and organisations for their contributions, patience and perseverance through the writing of this report: Shahzad Ahmad and Bytes for All, Pakistan who mentored the author and helped set up the design and provided the encouragement for dealing with this topic. FORUM-ASIA for supporting the research and for providing inputs and feedback on the content. Global Partner Digital, Association for Progressive Communications, ICT Watch, Internet Democracy Project and Open Society Foundation for their support and contribution in organising the Regional Consultation on Expression, Opinion and Religious Freedoms held between 3-5 June 2015 in Jakarta that inspired and informed this report. 6