PTA can block or remove unlawful online content on social media

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) under section 37 of the “Prevention of Electronics Crimes Act” will block or remove immoral and indecent online content, the authority announced on Twitter.

❌Under Section 37 of PECA 2016, uploading of immoral/indecent content such as nudity, vulgarity & pornography is prohibited. pic.twitter.com/vCq2A2GpaN

— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) September 5, 2020

 

 

This step has been taken due to the negative effects of immoral/indecent content surfacing online, PTA has issued this notice to warn social media and internet users to not upload any content that comes under the violation of section 37 of the PECA 2016.

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Users can report to PTA to remove and block content they find online that is breaking the law.

The authority recently blocked access to five dating/live streaming applications including Tinder, Tagged, Skout, Grinder, and SayHi in view of the harmful effects of immoral/indecent content on these applications.

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In July, the PTA banned the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) platform, with over 16 million users in Pakistan, because it had received complaints “that the game is addictive and has a negative impact on the physical and psychological health of the children.”

recently PTA also issued a final warning to Chinese-owned social media app TikTok to clamp down on what it called "immoral, obscene and vulgar" content on the platform.