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| Name | Pakistan blocks X as activists criticize the social media platform's shutdown |
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| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 27-02-2024 19:48:38 |
| Video Discription | (22 Feb 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Karachi, Pakistan - 22 February 2024 1. Various of shop owner using his mobile phone HEADLINE: Pakistanโs media regulators block X, formerly twitter ANNOTATION: Pakistanโs media regulators have blocked the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with users experiencing partial and complete shutdowns. 2. Close of flag above Sindh High Court ANNOTATION: There was no comment on the outage by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. 3. Various of traffic ANNOTATION: The outage was first observed over the weekend when the political party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced protests. 4. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Hassan Ali, student: โAs Twitter (X) is suspended and sometime Facebook is not working, like it happened in our country on election day, this should not happen, because everyone has the right to freedom of expression and it should be. As our law allows us, our religion also allows us, so this should not happen.โ 5. Various of shopkeeper using his mobile phone ANNOTATION: Human rights activist and the U.S. have called for a full restoration of internet services and access to social media. STORYLINE: Pakistan's media regulators have blocked the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with users across the country experiencing partial and complete shutdowns. There was no comment on the outage by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and government officials have not responded to repeated queries from The Associated Press for comment. Human rights activists have demanded a full restoration of internet services and access to social media. Washington has also urged Pakistan to lift restrictions on X. The outage was first observed over the weekend when the political party of Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced protests against what it says were rigged Feb. 8 parliamentary elections. In the vote, candidates backed by Khan, who was barred from running, won most seats but short of a simply majority needed to form a government. Social media platforms are often used by protest organizers to call followers out t the streets and spread the word about planned demonstrations. Pakistan has witnessed an increase in political instability since the balloting. The country's elections oversight body denies charges by Khan's party that the vote was stolen. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party or TPI said on Thursday that the restrictions on X have been placed by the authorities to suppress its voice on social media. On Wednesday, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller expressed concerns in a statement to reporters over the outage and restrictions on the freedom of expression and association in Pakistan. โWe continue to call on Pakistan to respect freedom of expression and restore access to a social media that has been restricted including Twitter, now known as X," Miller said. "We have and will continue to emphasize the importance of respecting these fundamental freedoms during our engagements with Pakistani officials.โ Khan's rivals, including the former Premier Shehbaz Sharif, are trying to form a coalition government. Sharif replaced Khan after his ouster in a no-confidence vote in parliament in 2022. Khan has since then been convicted offenses in what his supporters call politically motivated moves to keep him out of office. =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives โโ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b638f8985e8e4719a12f25ad5220caac nw4lKfdy9DE |
| Category | News & Politics |
| Tags | 4479640 | AP Archive | Hassan Ali | Pakistan | Pakistan Social Media X (CR) | b638f8985e8e4719a12f25ad5220caac |
