Over 2,300 child pornography sites have been blocked in Pakistan: PTA

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Even Google wanted to know how Pakistan achieved the declining trend of access to pornographic websites. In a recent meeting of Senate Standing Committee on…

PTA blocked access to several popular websites over controversial content

By Faisal Saeed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on May 26 directed Internet service providers (ISPs) to block several of the popular websites which included popular e-commerce and news…

Sri Lankan govt blocks social media sites after deadly blasts

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Sri Lankan government has temporarily blocked access of natives to several social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and YouTube, after deadly blasts in…

Google blocks TikTok in India, is Pakistan next?

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Indian government has ordered Google and Apple to block the Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok from their respective stores after concerns were raised that…

PTA to deploy “national firewall” to block sensitive content in Pakistan

By Talha Saqib ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Even without a chairman, PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) is still in action to make things better. Recently, it has been reported that PTA is scheming…

These 3 crypto exchanges have blocked new account creation temporarily

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Bitcoin went volatile last year, and the rest of the cryptocurrencies are following its lead in the current year with an overwhelming boost in price…

China has taken down 13,000 websites in past 3 years

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

China is getting popular in internet censorship. The crackdown on websites involved in any sort of criminal and outlaw activity has always been a top…

The government of Pakistan has temporarily suspended the internet services i.e. wireless data services, 3G, 4G/LTE, GPRS of CMOs and PTCL in Balochistan.

Government suspends Internet Services in 3 districts of Balochistan

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The government of Pakistan has temporarily suspended the internet services i.e. wireless data services, 3G, 4G/LTE, GPRS of Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) and PTCL in…

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