Pakistan's TikTok ban: the war on content policies & morals
We are constantly trapped in a battle between censorship & morals. On October 10th, PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) finally banned TikTok, the famous video-sharing, social networking app, citing reasons of showcasing “ vulgar, indecent/immoral content on the app and its negative effects on Pakistani society". They banned an entire platform , over a handful of reasons. But on October 19th, in an abrupt turn of events, PTA decided to reverse the TikTok ban, "after the Chinese-owned app committed to moderating content in accordance with local laws" (source: CNN ). Wait. What local laws? Laws belonging to a country that decrees t he only way to file a rape accusation is if four adult male witnesses are present at the location of the rape? Laws in a country which decrees that Ahmedis are non-muslim? Whatever the drama was, the initial ban enraged me. Not because I was an active TikTok user, but because what this meant for the Pakistani masses - the under
