PTA bans Wikipedia over blasphemous content
PTA bans information-based site Wikipedia over sacrilegious content. Despite the warning and notice, the site did not remove the content for 48 hours. Social media is protesting over the block.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has banned the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia in the country for not “blocking/removing sacrilegious content” within the 48-hour deadline given to the website, a spokesperson confirmed on Saturday.
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Wikipedia is a free, crowdsourced, editable online encyclopedia often used as a starting point by millions across the world for basic information. The PTA had on Wednesday bans Wikipedia services countrywide for not complying with the directives for the removal of controversial c...