Pakistan’s Mandatory VPN Registration Disregards The Need For Privacy
On August 8, 2021, the former Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted a TikTok video of an Olympics race, with the ...
On August 8, 2021, the former Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted a TikTok video of an Olympics race, with the ...
May 11, 2022 – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sent the Social Media Rules and Section 37 of the ...
April 15, 2022 – The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has introduced a system that will block immoral content online, states ...
January 12, 2022 - In October 2021, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) introduced a mobile application for citizens to register ...
November 21, 2021 - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has lifted the ban on the short video sharing application TikTok after ...
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