Pakistan lifts ban on TikTok after 11 days of impose

The Telecommunication Authority said on Monday it has lifted the ban on TikTok after engaging with TikTok’s senior management, which assured it would moderate content in accordance with “societal norms and the laws of Pakistan.”

Pakistan lifts ban on TikTok after 11 days on imposing. The Telecommunication Authority said on Monday it has lifted the ban on TikTok after engaging with TikTok’s senior management, which assured it would moderate content in accordance with “societal norms and the laws of Pakistan.”

Recently Pakistan’s telecom regulator has banned TikTok, claiming the app failed to remove “immoral” and “indecent” content. The ban came just over a month after the regulator, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, banned dating apps, including Tinder and Grindr, for the same reason.

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“The restoration of TikTok is strictly subject to the condition that the platform will not be used for the spread of vulgarity/indecent content & societal values will not be abused. PTA will be constrained to permanently block the application incase said condition is not fulfilled,” the authority warned.

TikTok had assured that it would work harder to moderate content and also offered to invest in the country if the ban were to be lifted.

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