The Pakistan lifted its second ban on the popular TikTok video sharing app for broadcasting “immoral and immoral” content.
The decision of the authorities to lift the ban was taken following a new commitment by the application to take measures to control this type of content.
“Our application has promised to filter and control the contents,” Jahanzeb Mehsud, a lawyer with the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, told AFP.
The TikTok εexpressed his satisfaction with this decision.
A court in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar last month ordered telecommunications regulators to ban the broadcast over video broadcasts deemed contrary to the country’s conservative values.
The Chinese application, which is very popular among young Pakistanis, especially in rural areas, had already agreed to check its contents after a first and brief ban in October.
One of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s advisers had accused the application of promoting “the exploitation, degradation and sexual treatment” of young girls.
Proponents of free speech have long criticized blatant censorship and scrutiny by the authorities on the internet, online media and in newspapers.
Last year, regulators also asked YouTube to immediately block access to Pakistan to any video deemed “undesirable,” a demand criticized by human rights activists.
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