Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) that regulates various modes of digital communication
has banned 5 Apps which are Tinder, Grindr, SayHi, Skout and Tagged.
These are dating Apps used by men and women to have casual relationships.
These Apps have now been banned by the Pakistani Government.
The government has said the Apps were banned because they were spreading immoral and indecent content to the public.
The Apps were against the digital laws of Pakistan.
PTA said they had sent written notices to all the five companies
but they failed to respond in time. Hence the Apps have been banned by PTA.
PTA has if the 5 companies follow the rules and remove all indecent content
they may remove the ban.
None of the companies have responded to the ban yet.
In Pakistan, Tinder was downloaded 4,44,000 times in Pakistan in the last 1 year.
Grindr, SayHi and Tagged had 30,00,000 downloads each in the last 1 year.
Skout has 10,000,00 downloads.
Earlier, the PTA had sent warning notices to
YouTube and TikTok about the explicit and vulgar content on their platforms.
According to experts, Pakistan is banning such apps to control people’s right to free speech.
They are also censoring all content that is against the Pakistan government.
