Pakistan high court bans TikTok temporarily for ‘spreading immorality’

ISLAMABAD: A high court in Pakistan on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok for “spreading immorality”, three months after the country lifted a ban imposed on it.

The Sindh High Court ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to suspend the app until the next hearing on July 8.

The order was issued by the court on the petition by a citizen who alleged that TikTok was spreading “immorality and obscenity in the country”.

Ali Zeb, a resident of Pakpattan in Punjab province, alleged that TikTok was promoting crime, with people using drugs and weapons and uploading videos, while the use of TikTok in educational institutions was leading to a bad environment for the students.