PTA to itself block immoral websites now

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has announced a new system to stop unethical and immoral content on internet in the country.

According to details, now, the PTA would be able to block immoral and illegal websites on its own. Under the DNS system, the authority would be able to block websites on the level of domain.

Earlier, list of the websites to be blocked were sent to the companies which provided internet.

The PTA spokesperson said there was no mechanism of monitoring social media in the new system. He said the system was designed to block immoral content.

“Neither it will affect privacy of the citizens, not it will slow speed of the internet,” he said adding that the AI system of blocking websites would save time.

The PTA said, “The work of blocking illegal content was already being done, however, to further improve it, the automation process of domain name resolution has been implemented at the ISP level as per the policy guidelines of the government of Pakistan.”

On April 21, the PTA had said in a post on Twitter that routine maintenance activity on a section of the International Submarine Cable had been completed.

The PTA had maintained that it was a routine activity and the internet services across the country had been restored to normal.

Read more: Internet service back to normal across country: PTA

“Power reconfiguration activity on a section of International Submarine Cable, SMW4 has been completed today (April 21, 2022) at 03:00 AM as per its schedule.”

Earlier, on June 19, the PTA had notified that the internet speed across the country would be slow on April 21 due to power reconfiguration.

“A power reconfiguration activity on a section of international submarine cable, #SMW4, will be undertaken on 21st April 2022 from 02:00 AM to 07:00 AM. This may cause some internet users to experience downgraded speeds during the mentioned time only.”

The authority had also said that alternate measures will be taken to provide uninterrupted services to the users.

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