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The Pakistan government blocked access to the social media platform around the time of the 2024 February elections, citing national security concerns. Despite the government's stance, both the government and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) refused to comment on the outages, which were widely reported by internet watchdog groups.
The YouTube channel of Islamabad-based YouTuber, life coach and teacher Raja Ziaul Haq was taken down on Wednesday. The content creator, in a video about the development, stated that they were unsure about the reasons why the channel was taken down.
The interior ministry announced the internet shutdown on X, which is banned in Pakistan. It did not mention the specific areas where the ban was enforced nor the duration of the service suspension .
Starting on 24 February 2008 at 18:47 UTC, [1] YouTube was unavailable for around two hours because Pakistan Telecom, a Pakistani telecommunication company, had mistakenly claimed YouTube's IP address space intended to block access to YouTube within Pakistan; the Border Gateway Protocol data was accidentally broadcast to other service providers ...
The Pakistani Constitution limits Censorship in Pakistan, but allows "reasonable restrictions in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan or public order or morality". Press freedom in Pakistan is limited by official censorship that restricts critical reporting and by the high level of violence against journalists.
Pakistan Telecom had broadcast to other ISPs in the Pacific Rim the false claim that it was the correct route for the addresses in YouTube's IP space. [57] It was suggested by some Pakistani websites, blogs, and by electoral process watchdog groups at the time that the block was imposed largely to distract viewers from videos alleging vote ...
Recently, many videos from news channels and corporations have been dislike bombed when they talk about topics like the 2020 election or the COVID-19 pandemic. [citation needed] Music videos, including children's music videos, made up a majority of the most disliked uploads to YouTube.
On Thursday last week, 24-year-old Erica Robin won the inaugural Miss Universe Pakistan pageant held in the Maldives.It should have been a moment of celebration for Karachi-born Robin, yet in the ...