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Block social media websites or increase our technical capacity, PTA chairman asks Senate panel
 [DAWN] Pakistain Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman retired Maj Gen Amir Azeem Bajwa on Friday told a Senate panel that the government should either increase the body's "technical capabilities" or block social media websites in the country in order to stop the circulation of "blasphemous content".While briefing the Senate Special Committee to examine purported grievances, Bajwa said: "[Dealing with] blasphemous content on social media is a huge problem. Most of the websites are being operated from other countries." "The government should either formulate a policy and block social media websites in the country like China and the United Arab Emirates ‐ [which would mean] developing social media platforms locally like China ‐ or it should increase the technical capabilities of the PTA," he said. Posted by: Fred 2019-07-27 |
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