Islamabad, July 20, 2020: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked Bigo and issued final warning to Tik Tok on vulgar content.
Pakistan’s Telecom regulator also blocked Bigo on vulgar content
According to PTA, a number of complaints had been received from different segments of the society against immoral, obscene and vulgar content on social media applications particularly Tik Tok and Bigo.
The content on these application is putting extremely negative effects on the society in general and youth in particular.
PTA had already issued necessary notices to the aforementioned social media companies under law to moderate the socialization and content within legal and moral limits, in accordance with the laws of the country.
However, the response of these companies has not been satisfactory.
Therefore, in exercise of its powers under PECA, PTA has decided to immediately block Bigo and issue final warning to Tik Tok.
The action has been taken to put in place a comprehensive mechanism to control obscenity, vulgarity and immorality through its social media application.
