The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked over one million URLs and 140 mobile applications that have been used in various unlawful/objectionable activities.
Its documents revealed that a dedicated Monitoring Cell has been established at the PTA Headquarters to monitor online content and to resolve complaints from the general public and government organizations.
Overall URL Blocking by Category
| Category | Total Processed |
| Contempt of Court | 8,673 |
| Defense of Pakistan | 36,820 |
| Glory of Islam | 77,692 |
| Defamation/Impersonation | 7,690 |
| Miscellaneous | 6,562 |
| Decency and Morality | 903,074 |
| Proxy | 10,219 |
| Sectarian/Hate Speech | 40,365 |
| Total | 1,091,095 |
The PTA stated that in consideration of the enormous volume of content being uploaded on digital media, a multi-pronged strategy should be devised to minimize the uploading of unlawful content on various platforms.
The following actions are intended to be taken in this regard:
- Registration of major Social Media (SM) platforms in line with Rule 7(6) of the Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight, and Safeguards) Rules, 2021.
- Holding of special sessions with moderation teams of SM platforms, especially with regard to sensitivity. (sacrilegious/sectarian) content that can lead to real-world harm.
- Creating short videos (15 to 30 seconds) about the safe, responsible, legitimate, and productive use of the Internet/SM. The videos will be disseminated through electronic and social media for public awareness.
- Conducting seminars and training sessions in universities and judicial academies to educate students and the judicial fraternity regarding the challenges posed by SM.