Tiktok banned.

 The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued instructions to impose a ban on the highly popular video-sharing app #TikTok after receiving a "number of complaints from different segments of the society", the regulatory body said in a press statement on Friday.

According to the press release, several complaints were made "against immoral/indecent content" that was shared on the app.


PTA said it had earlier issued a "final notice" to TikTok and gave the application "considerable time to respond and comply with" instructions for development of an effective mechanism for proactive moderation of "unlawful online content".



However, the company "failed to fully comply" with PTA's instructions after which the authority decided to ban it in the country.


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