PTA asks YouTube to immediately block vulgar content, hate speech
In a statement issued on Twitter, the PTA said it had asked the video-sharing platform “to immediately block vulgar, indecent, immoral, nude and hate speech content for viewing in Pakistan”.PTA has done so keeping in view the extremely negative effects of indecent/immoral/nude content available on YouTube and to prevent repugnant discord due to the presence of hate speech and sectarian material.
— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) August 27, 2020
The PTA said YouTube must ensure that “objectionable content” is immediately blocked and that it is not used for “disseminating such content”.PTA has approached YouTube to immediately ensure blocking of objectionable content and to prevent the usage of its platform for disseminating such content.
— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) August 27, 2020
The PTA further announced that the Google-owned service was “directed to put in place an effective content monitoring and moderation mechanism so that the unlawful material is detected/deleted and not accessible within Pakistan”.In addition, the platform has also been directed to put in place an effective content monitoring and moderation mechanism so that the unlawful material is detected/deleted and not accessible within Pakistan.
— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) August 27, 2020
Earlier the Senate was informed by the PTA chairman that a total of 830,000 websites had been blocked for containing pornographic content. He had told the committee, which met with PPP Senator Rubina Khalid in the chair in Islamabad, that as many as 2,364 websites carrying child pornographic content were blocked on the basis of information shared by Interpol.Press Release: PTA has asked video-sharing platform YouTube to immediately block vulgar, indecent, immoral, nude and hate speech content for viewing in Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/luZWrrsOnM
— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) August 27, 2020