ISLAMABAD – TikTok and Other Social media Apps to be banned in Pakistan, apetition had been filed in the Sindh High Court.
A petitioner seeking a ban on TikTok and other social media applicationshas moved to the Sindh High Court.
The plaintiff, Advocate Mazhar Ali Sheikh, has argued that these apps arenot only wasting people’s time and money, they are also spreading vulgarityand promoting pornography among the youth. An Islamic republic should notsanction such applications in the country.——————————
He asked the court to take action and order the Pakistan TelecommunicationAuthority (PTA), and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)to remove these apps from Google and Apple stores.
The petitioner has made cellular companies, Chairman PEMRA, DG FIA, and thechairman of CII a party in the case.——————————
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Note that a local court in India had banned TikTok in February last year onsimilar grounds.
The ban was, however, overturned on the request of the company after itassured the court of strictly following ethical guidelines.
