Pakistan banned Chinese video-sharing App, TikTok, for promoting immoral, objectionable content following the administration's failure to comply by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's (PTA) suggestions to remove indecent content.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said the company failed to fully comply with the instructions for "development of an effective mechanism for proactive moderation of unlawful online content.
'Directions were issued for blocking of TikTok application in the country': PTA statement
The PTA said the step was taken after the authority received a number of complaints from different segments of the society against immoral and indecent content on the video-sharing application.
A statement issued by PTA, "Keeping in view the complaints and nature of the content being consistently posted on TikTok, PTA issued a final notice to the application and gave considerable time to respond and comply with the Authority instructions for the development of an effective mechanism for proactive moderation of unlawful online content,"
"The application failed to fully comply with the instructions, therefore, directions were issued for blocking of TikTok application in the country."
