Pakistan court orders Telecom authority to block TikTok in the country News Updated: March 11, 2021 9:26 PM IST
The Peshawar high court has ordered the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) to block access to the popular short video making app TikTok in the country after a private complainant claimed that the social media app has been spreading indecent content. Also Read - Instagram Reels Remix, a TikTok Duet clone arrives to the video sharing platform
A TikTok representative in Pakistan told
PTA spokesman Khurram Mehran has told
As of now, TikTok has not been removed from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store in Pakistan and the app is accessible in the country. These kinds of orders do take some time to come into effect, considering that a lot of variable factors are involved in such orders.
"The court has asked PTA to block access to TikTok," Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) spokesman Khurram Mehran told Reuters, adding the authority would comply with the order.
ISLAMABAD: 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