ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is taking comprehensivesteps to block sectarian, hateful and blasphemous material on social media.
According to PTA sources, after the posting of blasphemous material onFacebook efforts have been made to communicate with the social mediaapplication authorities based in the US regarding the blockage of suchblasphemous material in Pakistan.
It has also been communicated to Facebook authorities that publishing ofblasphemous material is not allowed on pretext of freedom of speech.
The sources added that Facebook has ensured Pakistan TelecommunicationAuthority that objectionable material will be blocked.
In addition, FIRs have been registered against the individuals found to beinvolved in posting and sharing such kind of information.
PTA is regularly sending SMS messages to mobile users to report anyincident of blasphemous or hateful information they see on social mediaapplications.