Peshawar :
The PTA has taken important steps to keep children under the age of 18 away from ticking. The Peshawar High Court has submitted a report on the prevention of immoral and objectionable content on the Tik Tok app.
According to ARY News, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has submitted a report to the Peshawar High Court on the prevention of immoral and objectionable content on the TikTak app. With the deployment of, a mechanism is being set up to prevent children under the age of 18 from accessing the TikTak app.
A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Ijaz Anwar began hearing the petition of Nazeesh Muzaffar and Sara Ali Advocate for prevention of immoral videos on Tik Tak app. Mehsud, Assistant Director Jawad, Deputy Attorney General Asghar Kundi also appeared in the court.
The court asked the technical director what steps have been taken to curb immoral content. On this, the Director Technical submitted his report in the court, in which it was stated that in the light of the decision of the Sindh High Court, the Tik Tak app was banned in the whole country.
Strategies are being developed to address unethical and objectionable content on the TikTak app. The report states that the number of objectionable content on Tik Tak is increasing day by day, the company is also deleting millions of immoral content on a daily basis.
The report states that a focal person is being deployed in Pakistan who will liaise with the regulator and SM Platform and Regulation to block such content. According to the PTA report, the number of Tik Tak users in Pakistan is 14 to 18 years, now such a mechanism is being created, after which young children will not be able to open a Tik Tak account.
It may be recalled that last year the Peshawar High Court had also banned the Tik Tak application, which was later lifted, while now the Sindh High Court has banned the Tik Tak app.
