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Pakistan to block TikTok after court order

The ban order comes after a private complainant said the social media app was spreading indecent content, said Jehanzeb Mehsud, a lawyer who represented the PTA

Reuters Islamabad Published 12.03.21, 01:18 AM
 TikTok’s representative in Pakistan said he had heard about the order and the company would issue further comment in due course. Pakistan had banned the app in October, but restored it within 10 days after the company vowed to block all accounts involved in spreading “obscenity and immorality”.

TikTok’s representative in Pakistan said he had heard about the order and the company would issue further comment in due course. Pakistan had banned the app in October, but restored it within 10 days after the company vowed to block all accounts involved in spreading “obscenity and immorality”. Shutterstock

Pakistan will block popular social media app TikTok after a court order, a spokesman for the country’s telecoms regulator said on Thursday.

“The court has asked PTA to block access to TikTok,” Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) spokesman Khurram Mehran said, adding it would comply with the order.

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A high court in the northwestern city of Peshawar said it was ordering the ban after a private complainant said the social media app was spreading indecent content, said Jehanzeb Mehsud, a lawyer who represented the PTA.

TikTok’s representative in Pakistan said he had heard about the order and the company would issue further comment in due course. Pakistan had banned the app in October, but restored it within 10 days after the company vowed to block all accounts involved in spreading “obscenity and immorality”.

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