TikTok fans rejoice! Pakistan lifts ban on the app
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The Telecommunication Authority of Pakistan (PTA) has restored the services of TikTok after the platform assured that it will monitor inappropriate content. But the authority, PTA, has also said that it will continue to monitor the platform and the content
Islamabad (Pakistan): For Pakistan's TikTok fans, there was some good news. The Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has restored the services of TikTok on assurances of the platform to "control immoral and indecent" content.
"The company assured that the users who are continuously involved in uploading unlawful content will be blocked from using the platform," PTA said in a tweet. PTA said that keeping in view the assurances, it decided to lift the ban on TikTok. However, the authority said that it will continue to monitor the platform in order to ensure that "unlawful content contrary to Pakistan's law and societal values is not disseminated".
The ban was imposed in July. PTA remained in communications with the TikTok management after the ban.The restoration comes as a result of "continuous engagement, senior management of the platform assured PTA of its commitment to take necessary measures to control unlawful content in accordance with local laws and societal norms," PTA said.
