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Pakistan lifts ban on TikTok

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By: PTI | Islamabad | October 19, 2020 10:09:21 pm

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had banned the app on October 9 after getting numerous complaints over its immoral content.Pakistan’s telecom watchdog on Monday unblocked the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok after the company assured authorities here that it will shut down all accounts repeatedly involved in spreading “obscenity and immorality.”

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had banned the app on October 9 after getting numerous complaints over its immoral content.

The PTA tweeted that after assurance from the (TikTok) management that they will block all accounts repeatedly involved in spreading obscenity and immorality”, it was decided to lift the ban. “TikTok will moderate the account in accordance with local laws,” according to the tweet.