In general, Internet filtering in Pakistan remains both inconsistent and intermittent, with filtering primarily targeted at content deemed to be a threat to national security, pornography and at religious content considered blasphemous. Pakistan made global headlines in 2010 for blocking Facebook and other Web sites in response to a contest popularized on the social networking site to draw images of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Pakistan has asked a number of social media organisations to set up local offices within the country, but this is yet to happen. There have been significant instances of website access restriction in Pakistan, most notably when YouTube was banned from 2012–2016.
Security experts said the disruption could be the result of an internal mistake, though sabotage by an insider would be theoretically possible.Internet censorship in Pakistan is government control of information sent and received using the Internet in Pakistan. Shares of Facebook, which has nearly 2 billion daily active users, fell 4.9% on Monday, their biggest daily drop since last November, amid a broader selloff in technology stocks. "To every small and large business, family, and individual who depends on us, I'm sorry," Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer tweeted, adding that it "may take some time to get to 100%." We will continue to keep you updated when we have more information to share.- WhatsApp October 4, 2021 We're starting to slowly and carefully get WhatsApp working again.
The outage was the second blow to the social media giant in as many days after a whistleblower on Sunday accused the company of repeatedly prioritizing profit over clamping down on hate speech and misinformation.Īpologies to everyone who hasn't been able to use WhatsApp today.
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