Pakistan banned Wikipedia! Facebook has also taken action on Youtube for the same reason

Malahat Obaid, a spokesman for the Pakistan Telecom Authority, said that Wikipedia did not respond to his repeated correspondence. In which it was asked to remove the content related to blasphemy.

Pakistan has banned the free encyclopedia platform Wikipedia. The country asked Wikipedia to remove blasphemy related content. But even after 48 hours, when that content was not found to be removed from Wikipedia, then Wikipedia was banned in Pakistan. The Pakistan Telecom Authority has imposed this ban on the Free Encyclopedia platform. Regarding banning Wikipedia, the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) says that Wikipedia did not follow the given 48-hour ultimatum, so it had to be banned. According to a BBC report, the Wikimedia Foundation, which also runs Wikipedia, said that banning Wikipedia means that the Pakistani publicNow we will have to be deprived of the biggest knowledge store. According to the report, blasphemy is considered a very sensitive and inflammatory matter in Pakistan. Even before this, the country has also banned platforms like Tinder, Facebook and YouTube. Malahat Obaid, a spokesman for the Pakistan Telecom Authority, said that Wikipedia did not respond to his repeated correspondence. In which it was asked to remove the content related to blasphemy. They removed some things from it but did not remove the entire content. Obaid further said that the ban on Wikipedia in Pakistan will remain in place until all controversial content is removed from the platform. However, when asked about the related material, it was not disclosed. On the other hand, according to the report, the Wikimedia Foundation says that if the ban continues like this, it will block access to information related to Pakistan, its history and culture for everyone. That means no one will be able to see information related to Pakistan on Wikipedia again. before 2010In Pakistan, YouTube was also banned due to similar content. Apart from this, Facebook was also blocked in the country in the same year due to running a campaign, in which there was an allegation of blasphemy. Even dating apps Tinder and Grindr were blocked in Pakistan due to similar content.