ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Friday blocked Wikipedia services in the countryafter the encyclopedia giant failed to remove blasphemous content.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) confirmed the action in wake ofthe website’s rebuttal to remove blasphemous material; the developmentcomes days after the telecom regulator degraded the portal’s services inthe country of over 220 million.
The stern action comes in wake of the sacrilegious content available on thesite and the 2-day deadline ends, a PTA spokesperson told a media outlet.
Officials are willing to unblock the platform if the objectionable contentis removed,the spokesperson said.
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Earlier, the telecom regulator shared a tweet, saying the intentionalfailure on the part of the platform to comply with the directions of PTA,the services of Wikipedia have been degraded for 48 hours with thedirection to block/remove the reported contents.
Several countries including China, Iran, Myanmar, Russia, Saudi Arabia,Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela have banned Wikipediaover the time in wake of violations by the portal.
