Pakistan bans Bigo live, issues warning against TikTok

Pakistan, on Tuesday, issued a final warning to wildly popularly video-sharing app, TikTok -- a China based social-neteworking siter owned by ByteDance, after receiving complaints from different segements of the society for its immoral, obscene and vulgar content.

“Number of complaints had been received from different segments of the society against immoral, obscene and vulgar content on social media applications particularly Tik Tok and Bigo, and their extremely negative effects on the society in general and youth in particular," Pakistan Telecommunication Authority(PTA) said in an official warning.

"PTA had issued necessary notices to the aforementioned social media companies under law to moderate the socialisation and content within legal and moral limits, in accordance with the laws of the country,” the statement from Pakistan’s telecom regulator said.

“However, the response of these companies has not been satisfactory. Therefore, in exercise of its powers under PECA, PTA has decided to immediately block Bigo and issue final warning to Tik Tok to put in place a comprehensive mechanism to control obscenity, vulgarity and immorality through its social media application,” it added.

PTA's warning came after it blocked live streaming app Bigo under the prevention of Electronic Crimes act.

Earlier this month, the Pakistan government had banned multi-player mobile game, PlayerUnknown's Battleground(PUBG) for being "addictive".

TikTok is already currently receiving much flak across various nations including India and the United Stated due to security and privacy issues of the users.

Notably, India, in an unprecedented move, banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, Club Factory, Shein, UC Browser, and others last month, calling them a threat to "sovereignty, integrity and national security."