Pakistan’s Telecommunications Authority has banned one Chinese-owned social video-streaming app Bigo and given TikTok a final warning that it needs to get its house in order or also face expulsion.
The Authority’s (PTA’s) beef with the apps is not security-related, despite the TikTok mobile appstwice being observed reading from mobile devices’ clipboards.
Pakistan’s problem is that both apps are sources of salacious content. Or as the PTA put it: “immoral, obscene and vulgar content.”
The Authority said it let both apps’ makers know they have legal obligations “to moderate the socialization and content within legal and moral limits” but found “the response of these companies has not been satisfactory.”
It’s therefore “decided to immediately block Bigo and issue final warning to TikTok to put in place a comprehensive mechan ..
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