Pakistan blocks TikTok over ‘inappropriate content’
Video-sharing app, TikTok, on Wednesday was blocked in Pakistan for a fourth time due to ‘inappropriate content’, the country’s telecommunication regulator said.
The site has fought a series of legal battles with activists and authorities in the nation, and was shut down for two days earlier this month on the order of a provincial court.
The action has been taken due to continuous presence of inappropriate content on the platform and its failure to take such content down, the telecoms authority said in a statement.
The app has a huge fan base in Pakistan, where many people use it to market and sell goods online. However, its critics say it promotes vulgarity and ‘inappropriate content’.
Officials have previously asked YouTube to block content they deem objectionable, and several dating apps are prohibited.
