PTA blocks Bigo Live in Pakistan, issues warning to TikTok
July 21, 2020 - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), has blocked live video streaming smartphone application, Bigo Live, in Pakistan, as...
Hija Kamran writes about digital rights and internet governance from a feminist perspective. She tweets at @hijakamran
July 21, 2020 - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), has blocked live video streaming smartphone application, Bigo Live, in Pakistan, as...
July 17, 2020, Islamabad - The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) has formed a committee to monitor COVID-19 related...
Featured illustration by Grayson Blackmon for The Verge July 16, 2020 - Twitter witnessed a massive Bitcoin scam which was...
July 15, 2020 - A civil petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) demanding an immediate ban...
July 9, 2020 - In a tweet yesterday, Facebook’s Oversight Board said it will not be operational until late Fall,...
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