PTA issues final warning to TikTok, blocks Bigo app

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issues a final warning to China-owned short-form mobile video platform TikTok and blocked live-streaming application Bigo over complaints of “immoral, obscene and vulgar content” and “extremely negative effects”.

PTA said it had received a “number of complaints … from different segments of the society against immoral, obscene and vulgar content on social media applications particularly Tik Tok and Bigo”.

The regulatory body added that the complaints also included the apps’ “extremely negative effects on the society in general and youth in particular”.

Press Release: Number of complaints had been received from different segments of the society against immoral, obscene & vulgar content on social media applications particularly Tik Tok and Bigo, & their extremely negative effects on the society in general & youth in particular. pic.twitter.com/Zow1EuLj4N

— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) July 20, 2020

PTA had issued necessary notices to the aforementioned social media companies under law to moderate the socialization and content within legal and moral limits, in accordance with the laws of the country. However, the response of these companies has not been satisfactory.

— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) July 20, 2020