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Pakistan Blocks Tinder, Other Dating Apps Over Immoral Content
09/01/20 AT 2:04 PM
Pakistan on Tuesday blocked access to Tinder and several other dating apps in a bid to control immoral and indecent content, just days after regulators threatened to shut down YouTube for similar reasons.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said it had barred users from accessing Tinder, Grindr, SayHi, Tagged and Skout after the social networking apps failed to moderate. content in accordance with Pakistan s laws.
The PTA said the ban addressed the negative effects of immoral/indecent content .
Shahzad Ahmad, director of digital rights group Bytes For All, slammed the PTA s moral policing .