PTA blocks 1.1mn social media IDs over smear campaign against institutions

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Thursday blocked over 1.1 million social media IDs for uploading ‘illegal’ material and smear campaign against institutions, ARY News reported.

As per details, PTA received more than 1,200,000 complaints including 134,000 against facebook and blocked over 1,135,000 IDs for posting ‘illegal’ content and involvement in a smear campaign against state institutions.

PTA said more than 112,000 fake IDs were blocked on facebook. Furthermore, the regulator received 65,122 complaints for posting ‘immoral’ content on TikTok and after review, 63,000 IDs were blocked.

More than 36,000 videos were removed from YouTube by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), while 31,860 IDs on Twitter were also blocked on the complaints.

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Earlier, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced that it has restored telecom services in more flood hit areas after reducing non-functional sites to 163.

Taking to Twitter from its handle, PTA said that continued efforts by the authority and telecom operators to restore connectivity in flood affected areas has resulted in further reduction of non-functional sites count to 163.

“Work is in progress for complete restoration of telecom services in flood affected areas on top priority,” it said.

PTA blocks 1.1mn social media IDs over smear campaign against institutions

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Thursday blocked over 1.1 million social media IDs for uploading 'illegal' material and smear

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[HAIDER]

Police state under PMLN... scared of social media ..

 

[Maea]

Police state under PMLN... scared of social media ..

O bhai parh to lo, phir cmnt karna.

 

[villageidiot]

O bhai parh to lo, phir cmnt karna.

I've read it and I must have missed something. What is it you wanted to point out to him, sir?

 

[Maea]

I've read it and I must have missed something. What is it you wanted to point out to him, sir?

Leaving aside the usual instituitional bs language.
"PTA said more than 112,000 fake IDs were blocked on facebook"
To me thats a clear indication of a engineered trend.
There were genuine posts, im not denying that, but a lot of them were fake and promoted by some political party.

 

[Enigma SIG]

Choti lulli syndrome

 

[Sifar zero]

O bhai parh to lo, phir cmnt karna.

Parhtey he to nahi hain PTI walay.

 

[HAIDER]

O bhai parh to lo, phir cmnt karna.

Removing contents won't help anything. This is ongoing. You block one today, 30 more appear next few minutes. Institutions only needs to perform their constitutional duty and that's it. Don t worry about social media.

 

[El Sidd]

PTA is understaffed.

The cyber crime laws dictate far more than just blocked access.

 

[Maea]

Removing contents won't help anything. This is ongoing. You block one today, 30 more appear next few minutes. Institutions only needs to perform their constitutional duty and that's it. Don t worry about social media.

If the content is fake and the intentions of the person behind it, are malicious, then surely it should be removed. Period.

As far as the instituition's actions and their constituitional duties are concerned, i agree with you.

Social media is a tool, the sooner you realize this the better. Look at the whole "arab spring" which was promoted by sm, what they got in return? misery.