{"id":149425,"date":"2020-10-10T05:52:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T00:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=149425"},"modified":"2020-10-10T05:52:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T00:52:09","slug":"pta-bans-tiktok-for-immoral-indecent-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pta-bans-tiktok-for-immoral-indecent-content\/","title":{"rendered":"PTA bans TikTok for immoral, indecent content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday blocked video-sharing app TikTok, citing immoral and indecent content. According to a press release, in view of complaints and the nature of content being consistently posted on TikTok, PTA issued a \u201cfinal notice\u201d to the app. TikTok was given \u201cconsiderable time\u201d to respond and comply with instructions to effectively moderate \u201cunlawful online content\u201d, said PTA. \u201cHowever, the application failed to fully comply with the instructions, therefore, directions were issued for blocking of TikTok application in the country,\u201d the statement said. TikTok has been informed that the authority \u201cis open for engagement\u201d and will review its decision if it finds a \u201csatisfactory mechanism\u201d has been employed by the video-sharing app to moderate \u201cunlawful content\u201d. TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday blocked video-sharing app TikTok, citing immoral and indecent content. According to a press release, in view of complaints and the nature of content being consistently posted on TikTok, PTA issued a \u201cfinal notice\u201d to the app. TikTok was given \u201cconsiderable time\u201d to respond and comply with instructions to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PTA bans TikTok for immoral, indecent content<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pta-bans-tiktok-for-immoral-indecent-content\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PTA bans TikTok for immoral, indecent content\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday blocked video-sharing app TikTok, citing immoral and indecent content. 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