Pakistan Warns Chinese TikTok, Blocks Singaporean Bigo Live App

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The move was promptly decried by Pakistani rights activists who saw it as a potential precursor to an even greater censorship in this conservative Muslim nation. In a statement, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said the content on the two platforms could have extremely negative effects on the society in general and youth in particular, without elaborating. A tweet on Monday from the regulating authority said it had complained to the companies behind the platforms but that the response of these companies has not been satisfactory. Both TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Beijing tech giant ByteDance, and Bigo Live, a live streaming platform owned by a Singapore company, are popular among Pakistani teens and young adults. The government is testing the ground to what extent they can go in censoring, Shahzad Ahmad of Islamabad-based social media rights group BytesForAll said in a telephone interview on Tuesday. TikTok has especially grown in popularity among the country's young, which make up nearly 70 percent of the 220 million population, Ahmad said. This is the start of more censorship. He said Pakistan is taking its cue from China, which he accused of seeking to control the free flow of information. Communication links feature prominently in Beijing's multi-billion dollar Belt and Road project linking South and Central Asia to China. A big component in Pakistan's part of the project, known as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is an optic fiber cable connecting Khunjerab, on the Pakistani border with China, to Rawalpindi near the capital, Islamabad. The cable is eventually to be laid across all of Pakistan. When you can control cyberspace you control the narrative as well, Ahmad said, adding that in the past, Pakistan's tech-savvy young have found ways to circumvent bans. The regulating authority insists the move is about content deemed offensive. Both companies have been asked to moderate the socialization and content within the legal and moral limits, in accordance with the laws of the country, the statement said. Pakistan is also asking TikTok and Bigo Live to put in place a comprehensive mechanism to control obscenity, vulgarity, and immorality through its social media applications. In late June, neighboring India banned 59 Chinese smartphone apps, including TikTok, citing “data security” and “privacy” concerns amid a downturn in relations between the two Asian giants. While Pakistani authorities have complained about “vulgar” content, Indian authorities suggested the Chinese apps it banned posed a threat to India’s “sovereignty and security.” Over the years, Pakistan has forwarded hundreds of complaints to Facebook and Twitter about content, alleging it is offensive and potentially insulting to Islam, which goes against Pakistani law. In 2008, Pakistan banned YouTube over videos depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims generally believe any physical depiction of Islam's prophet is blasphemous. By Kathy Gannon for the Associated Press in Islamabad, Pakistan. 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Blocks Singaporean Bigo Live App" title="Pakistan Warns Chinese TikTok, Blocks Singaporean Bigo Live App" sizes="(min-width: 1320px and min-resolution: 100dpi) 1892px, (min-width: 1320px) 946px, (min-width: 1158px and min-resolution: 100dpi) 1568px, (min-width: 1158px) 784px, (min-width: 996px and min-resolution: 100dpi) 1244px, (min-width: 996px) 622px, calc(100vw - 48px)" srcset="https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/td-story-s-1/thediplomat-2020-07-01-7.jpg 300w, https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/td-story-s-1/thediplomat-2020-07-01-7.jpg 300w, https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/td-story-s-2/thediplomat-2020-07-01-7.jpg 600w, https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/medium/thediplomat-2020-07-01-7.jpg 946w, https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/medium_large/thediplomat-2020-07-01-7.jpg 1244w, https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/large/thediplomat-2020-07-01-7.jpg 1568w" src="https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/td-story-s-1/thediplomat-2020-07-01-7.jpg"></div><figcaption class="td-caption"><span>Credit: <a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/tiktok-social-media-app-tik-tok-5323005/" target="_blank">Pixabay</a></span></figcaption></figure> <aside id="ad-publift-body-before" class="td-ad-container--labeled"> <a href="/subscriptions/" class="td-no-ad-link tda-link tda-nowrap">Subscribe for ads-free reading</a> </aside> <section id="tda-gated-body" class="td-23-story-body td-prose tda-gated tda-gated--locked" data-pid="p181447"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pakistan has threatened China’s TikTok and blocked the Singapore-based Bigo Live streaming platform, citing what the regulating authority called widespread complaints about “immoral, obscene, and vulgar” content on the apps. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The move was promptly decried by Pakistani rights activists who saw it as a potential precursor to an even greater censorship in this conservative Muslim nation. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a statement, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said the content on the two platforms could have “extremely negative effects on the society in general and youth in particular,” without elaborating.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A tweet on Monday from the regulating authority said it had complained to the companies behind the platforms but that “the response of these companies has not been satisfactory.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Both TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Beijing tech giant ByteDance, and Bigo Live, a live streaming platform owned by a Singapore company, are popular among Pakistani teens and young adults. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The government is testing the ground to what extent they can go in censoring,” Shahzad Ahmad of Islamabad-based social media rights group BytesForAll said in a telephone interview on Tuesday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TikTok has especially grown in popularity among the country’s young, which make up nearly 70 percent of the 220 million population, Ahmad said. “This is the start of more censorship.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He said Pakistan is taking its cue from China, which he accused of seeking to control the free flow of information. Communication links feature prominently in Beijing’s multi-billion dollar Belt and Road project linking South and Central Asia to China. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A big component in Pakistan’s part of the project, known as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is an optic fiber cable connecting Khunjerab, on the Pakistani border with China, to Rawalpindi near the capital, Islamabad. The cable is eventually to be laid across all of Pakistan. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“When you can control cyberspace you control the narrative as well,” Ahmad said, adding that in the past, Pakistan’s tech-savvy young have found ways to circumvent bans.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The regulating authority insists the move is about content deemed offensive. Both companies have been asked “to moderate the socialization and content within the legal and moral limits, in accordance with the laws of the country,” the statement said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pakistan is also asking TikTok and Bigo Live to “put in place a comprehensive mechanism to control obscenity, vulgarity, and immorality through its social media applications.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In late June, neighboring </span><a href="https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/indias-great-firewall-against-china-could-backfire/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">India banned 59 Chinese smartphone apps</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, including TikTok, citing “data security” and “privacy” concerns amid a downturn in relations between the two Asian giants. While Pakistani authorities have complained about “vulgar” content, Indian authorities suggested the Chinese apps it banned posed a threat to India’s “sovereignty and security.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the years, Pakistan has forwarded hundreds of complaints to Facebook and Twitter about content, alleging it is offensive and potentially insulting to Islam, which goes against Pakistani law. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2008, Pakistan banned YouTube over videos depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims generally believe any physical depiction of Islam’s prophet is blasphemous. </span></p> <p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">By Kathy Gannon for the Associated Press in Islamabad, Pakistan. With additional reporting by The Diplomat.</span></i></p> </section> <aside id="tda-gated-appendix" class="tda-gated-appendix"> <div class="tda-gated-login"><b>Already have an account? <label for="td-account-modal_trigger" class="tda-link tda-nowrap">Log in</label>.</b></div> <div class="tda-gated-box"> <div class="tda-gated-box__ribbon">You have reached the limit of <b>4 free articles</b> this month.</div> <div class="tda-gated-box__main"> <h2>Get to the bottom of the story</h2> <p>Understand the Asia-Pacific's biggest issues with a <i class="tda-nowrap">The Diplomat</i> subscription.</p> </div> <div class="tda-gated-box__footer"> <a href="/subscriptions" class="tda-button tda-width--full">Subscribe Now</a> <a href="/subscriptions" class="tda-button tda-button--ghost tda-width--full">View <span class="td-hide--m">Subscription </span>Options</a> <p class="tda-gated-login">Already have an account? <label for="td-account-modal_trigger" class="tda-link tda-nowrap">Log in</label>.</p> </div> </div> </aside> <aside id="tda-gated-counter"></aside> <aside hidden> <div data-type="text/html" id="app_story_content" class="jsonld-markup-paywall-content" style="display: none;"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pakistan has threatened China’s TikTok and blocked the Singapore-based Bigo Live streaming platform, citing what the regulating authority called widespread complaints about “immoral, obscene, and vulgar” content on the apps. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The move was promptly decried by Pakistani rights activists who saw it as a potential precursor to an even greater censorship in this conservative Muslim nation. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a statement, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said the content on the two platforms could have “extremely negative effects on the society in general and youth in particular,” without elaborating.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A tweet on Monday from the regulating authority said it had complained to the companies behind the platforms but that “the response of these companies has not been satisfactory.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Both TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Beijing tech giant ByteDance, and Bigo Live, a live streaming platform owned by a Singapore company, are popular among Pakistani teens and young adults. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The government is testing the ground to what extent they can go in censoring,” Shahzad Ahmad of Islamabad-based social media rights group BytesForAll said in a telephone interview on Tuesday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TikTok has especially grown in popularity among the country’s young, which make up nearly 70 percent of the 220 million population, Ahmad said. “This is the start of more censorship.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He said Pakistan is taking its cue from China, which he accused of seeking to control the free flow of information. Communication links feature prominently in Beijing’s multi-billion dollar Belt and Road project linking South and Central Asia to China. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A big component in Pakistan’s part of the project, known as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is an optic fiber cable connecting Khunjerab, on the Pakistani border with China, to Rawalpindi near the capital, Islamabad. The cable is eventually to be laid across all of Pakistan. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“When you can control cyberspace you control the narrative as well,” Ahmad said, adding that in the past, Pakistan’s tech-savvy young have found ways to circumvent bans.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The regulating authority insists the move is about content deemed offensive. Both companies have been asked “to moderate the socialization and content within the legal and moral limits, in accordance with the laws of the country,” the statement said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pakistan is also asking TikTok and Bigo Live to “put in place a comprehensive mechanism to control obscenity, vulgarity, and immorality through its social media applications.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In late June, neighboring </span><a href="https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/indias-great-firewall-against-china-could-backfire/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">India banned 59 Chinese smartphone apps</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, including TikTok, citing “data security” and “privacy” concerns amid a downturn in relations between the two Asian giants. While Pakistani authorities have complained about “vulgar” content, Indian authorities suggested the Chinese apps it banned posed a threat to India’s “sovereignty and security.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the years, Pakistan has forwarded hundreds of complaints to Facebook and Twitter about content, alleging it is offensive and potentially insulting to Islam, which goes against Pakistani law. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2008, Pakistan banned YouTube over videos depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims generally believe any physical depiction of Islam’s prophet is blasphemous. </span></p> <p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">By Kathy Gannon for the Associated Press in Islamabad, Pakistan. 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