Pakistan blocks TikTok over ’indecency’ complaint

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Pakistan on Thursday blocked the popular social media app TikTok after a court order over a complaint that it ran indecent content, a spokesman for the country’s telecoms regulator said.

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

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

The service providers have been directed to immediately block access to TikTok, the regulator said in a statement.

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ANTON Friday, 12 March 2021 09:55 AM

IN SRILANKA , WE DONT NEED TO BLOCK WEB SITES AS WE HAVE LIVE TIK TOKS HERE.

Moda Sinhalayo Friday, 12 March 2021 02:03 PM

Anton, rather than writing sick comments like this, you can go and wash your back

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