Wikipedia has been blocked in Pakistan over “sacrilegious” content on the site, as reported by Bloomberg.
The ban comes after the government ordered the site to remove offending content within 48 hours, and the country’s telecom authority “degraded” its services.
Wikipedia was approached for blocking/removal of the said contents by issuing a notice under applicable law & court order(s). An opportunity of hearing was also provided, however, the platform neither complied by removing the blasphemous content nor appeared before the Authority. pic.twitter.com/6dWRcbxHGB
— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) February 1, 2023
Pakistan has blocked several major sites in the past. It banned YouTube for three years, and in 2020 and 2021, it did the same to TikTok, citing complaints of “immoral/indecent content” being shared on the app.
