PTA blocks over 1.5 million URLs over prohibited c…
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked more than 1.54 million URLs linked to prohibited and unlawful content on social media platforms, according to official documents.
The documents show that 1,065,671 URLs related to immoral content have been blocked. Another 563 URLs in the same category are under review, while 9,528 have been rejected.
In the terrorism-related category, 179,285 URLs were referred for blocking, of which 141,897 URLs have been blocked. A further 23,241 URLs are currently under review.
The documents also reveal that 136,891 URLs related to content deemed against the sanctity of Islam were processed by the authority.
Similarly, 125,427 URLs concerning content considered against Pakistan’s security and defence were processed. Of these, 74,059 URLs were blocked.
The PTA also processed 76,526 URLs under the category of sectarian and hate speech.
In the proxy category, the authority processed 10,319 URLs, blocking 10,318 of them.
Under the defamation and impersonation category, 44,200 URLs were processed, while 17,356 URLs were blocked.
According to the documents, a total of 1,542,800 URLs across various categories have been blocked. Meanwhile, 76,874 URLs remain under review, while 106,629 URLs have been rejected.
The figures reflect the PTA’s ongoing efforts to monitor and restrict online content that falls under Pakistan’s prohibited-content regulations.
