ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has banned video-sharing platform TikTok for failing to filter ‘immoral’ content
The Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said in a statement that the popular video-sharing platform has been banned in the country after a “number of complaints from different segments of the society against immoral/indecent content
Arslan Khalid, an advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, backed the PTA’s warning to TikTok in June to filter its “obscene content.”
He claimed that the “exploitation, objectification (and) sexualization of young girls on TikTok” was causing pain to parents, media reports said.
On Friday, the telecom authority said that it was ready to review its decision “subject to a satisfactory mechanism by TikTok to moderate unlawful content.”
(With inputs from agencies)
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