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March 13, 2021, 7:00 AM·19 min read
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The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020.
Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average American watches 3.7 hours of live TV per day, but now spends four hours per day on their mobile devices.
Pakistan bans TikTok again for immoral content
Pakistan s media regulator did not specify whether the ban was temporary or permanent. The Peshawar high court said some videos uploaded on the platform were unacceptable for Pakistani society.
TikTok has been banned in Pakistan before for failing to take down what was deemed offensive material
Pakistan has banned TikTok, China s video-sharing app, for the second time. The Pakistani media regulator undertook the move on Thursday after a court order citing unethical and immoral content on the platform. Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has issued directions to the service providers to immediately block access to the TikTok app, the regulator said following the order from the Peshawar high court.
Tiktok users in Pakistan won t be able to access the app yet again after the Peshawar High Court issued an order to ban the short-form video sharing platform in the country.
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