Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked websites that spread profane and obscene content.
As per details, it has so far blocked over one hundred thousand blasphemous URLs and 844,008 obscene websites.
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In a separate development, the government of Pakistan started blocking unregistered Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in firewall trial.
The unregistered VPNs were blocked temporarily for white-listing. The sources within the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) termed unregistered VPNs a ‘security risk’ for Pakistan, as they can be used to access ‘sensitive information.’
