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Title: Pakistan has now banned TikTok for 'immoral' and 'indecent' content
Post by: HCK on October 10, 2020, 04:05:17 pm
Pakistan has now banned TikTok for 'immoral' and 'indecent' content

TikTok has been banned in other countries for a variety of reasons, Pakistan is the first to ban it over content.



What you need to know


TikTok is now banned in Pakistan.
The Pakistan Tekecommication Authority says that this is down to the nature of the "immoral" content found on TikTok.
The app has also been banned in India and faces pressure in the U.S.


TikTok is another Chinese-affiliated tech name that's not having a very good year. The app has been banned from India, is facing off a ban in the U.S., and now it's been kicked out of Pakistan as well.

The Pakistani Telecommunication Authority issued the following statement on Twitter, announcing the ban:


  In view of a number of complaints from different segments of the society against immoral/indecent content on the video sharing application TikTok, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued instructions for blocking of the application. Keeping in view the complaints and nature of the content being consistently p...

Source: Pakistan has now banned TikTok for 'immoral' and 'indecent' content (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/k9904U3Ot9E/pakistan-joins-us-and-india-banning-tiktok)