Pakistan again bans Tiktok claiming ‘failure’ to remove inappropriate content

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Referring to inappropriate content in the application, Pakistan on Wednesday banned the Chinese application TikTok again. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) also released an official press release stating that the action has been taken due to the ‘continuous presence of inappropriate content on the platform’. Pakistan has also accused TikTokof of not removing inappropriate content from the platform.

The action has been taken due to the continuous presence of inappropriate content on the platform and its failure to discontinue such content.

PTA (@PTAofficialpk) July 21, 2021

Earlier in June, a Supreme Court in Pakistan had temporarily suspended TikTok. While the Sindh High Court heard a petition against the Chinese video sharing app, the Sindh High Court ordered the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to suspend the Chinese app until the next hearing, which is expected to take place on July 8. that it ‘spreads immorality’ in the country.

Pakistan and TikTok – On-off game

This is the third time the app has been blocked in the country due to “obscene and immoral content.”

Last October, Pakistan banned the Chinese social media app TikTok for not filtering out immoral and obscene content. The decision came after they received a lot of complaints about obscene content on the platform. The ban was lifted after ten days after TikTok assured the PTA that videos will be moderated in accordance with societal norms and Pakistani laws.

Pakistan banned TikTok for the second time in March this year. The ban was lifted on April 1, after the popular video sharing app offered moderate uploads again.

China calls bus explosion ‘terrorist act’

It is pertinent to note that the ties between Pakistan and China appear to have disappeared after abuses in which 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, were killed. Initially, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry stated that a “mechanical failure” resulted in leakage of gas causing the explosion. However, the Chinese Communist Party’s mouthpiece Global Times claimed that the explosion was clearly an act of terrorism that is both carefully planned and supported by information. “

On July 16, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang raised the issue with Imran Khan during a phone call in which he stressed the need for Pakistan to use ‘all necessary measures to investigate the incident and hold those responsible accountable.

Following the incident, the China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC), which worked on the Dasu Hydropower Project, stopped its work and terminated the employment of all Pakistanis, except for a few basic workers who worked for the maintenance and operation of the project site.

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