The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocked the Chinese-owned TikTok app in July, leading to concerns regarding free speech across media platforms in the country.
Taking to Twitter, the PTA announced the authority would be blocking access to TikTok, across the website and app, to the whole of Pakistan. “In the light of relevant provisions of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016, PTA has blocked access to TikTok App and website in the country,” the tweet read. “The action has been taken due to continuous presence of inappropriate content on the platform and its failure to take such content down.” The app was shut down in early July under the order of a provincial court, but has since been taken down once again by Iranian