According a private news channel, citing sources from the Ministry of Interior, the Pakistani government has successfully finished a trial run of a social media firewall.
The firewall effectively prevented the downloading of images, voice recordings, and videos from social media platforms such as WhatsApp.
The sources further revealed that the trial of the firewall led to a decrease in mobile signal strength and slowed down internet services.
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Acting on directives from the Ministry of Interior, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has notified all mobile network providers via email about the implementation of the new firewall.
WhatsApp and Facebook are now functioning normally following the conclusion of the firewall trial.
The government intends to buy the firewall following the successful trial. The Ministry of Interior has issued a tender for its acquisition.
