Pakistan: TikTok blocked over ‘inappropriate content’
By DW
23 July 2021 |
9:05 am
It is the fourth time that the wildly popular video sharing app has been blocked in Pakistan and the third time this year. Free speech advocates are critical of growing censorship since PM Imran Khan took office in 2018.
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