Guwahati News Desk: Pakistan has banned the Chinese short-video making app TikTok, for allegedly peddling vulgarity and spreading objectionable content on its platform.
Earlier, the country for a 10-day period banned the ByteDance in October 2020, for hosting “immoral” and “indecent” videos.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said in a tweet late Thursday that, “In respectful compliance to the orders of the Peshawar High Court, PTA has issued directions to the service providers to immediately block access to the TikTok app. During the hearing of a case today, the PHC has ordered for the blocking of App.”
However, TikTok in a statement said that it “is built upon the foundation of creative expression, with strong safeguards in place to keep inappropriate content off the platform”.
“In Pakistan, we have grown our local-language moderation team, and have mechanisms to report and remove the content in violation of our community guidelines. We look forward to continuing to serve the millions of TikTok users and creators in Pakistan who have found a home for creativity and fun,” the company added.
The app has been installed over 40 million times in Pakistan.
