On the request of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), TikTok management has blocked 93,000 accounts for disseminating vulgar content.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) confirmed the development in a statement released on Wednesday. It said that the talks are underway with the management of several social platforms including TikTok to get obscene and illegal content removed.
Source: Reports
Pakistan has blocked the Bigo Live streaming app and issued a “final warning” to ByteDance’s TikTok over “immoral, obscene, and vulgar content” on the apps. The nation’s telecom authority said it had received a number of complaints from various segments of society over the nature of videos that circulate on Bigo and ByteDance’s app…
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Peaceful protest in a democratic society is a fundamental right, but if it turns into vandalism it undermines the very fundamental rights that a society must protect at all costs. The mob attack on the Jang/Geo Karachi office on Sunday, with staff threatened and attacked, is yet another sign of increasing intolerance in Pakistan. Though…
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SWABI: While an FIR lodged by a brother of Haroon Khan — a journalist who was shot dead near his home on Thursday night — said his two nephews were involved in his murder, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for his killing. In a statement, the militant group said Haroon, who worked for print as…