LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announced on Friday that the country’s Twitter ban will be lifted after the social media behemoth meets the government’s criteria. Nigeria banned Twitter in June, days after the company removed a statement from Buhari’s account, sparking outrage in Africa’s most populous countryRead More →
The Taliban’s quick conquest of Afghanistan presents a new problem for large American internet companies in terms of dealing with information generated by a group that is designated a terrorist organisation by several countries across the world. Facebook announced on Monday that it has designated the Taliban as a terroristRead More →
Chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), Tariq Malik, said Monday that 47 staff had been dismissed for manufacturing false identification cards. Senator Talha Mahmood, the head of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior Affairs, highlighted the subject of false identification cards during a meeting with Tariq Malik.Read More →
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority stated on Wednesday that TikTok, a video-sharing website owned by ByteDance, had been prohibited in the nation due to “inappropriate material.” The telecom regulator said, “In light of relevant sections of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016, PTA has restricted access to TikTok App andRead More →
Xiaomi Corp, a Chinese smartphone company, surpassed Apple Inc to become the world’s No. 2 smartphone producer in the second quarter, according to Canalys, a market research firm. According to the research organisation, Xiaomi moved into second place for the first time, with a 17 percent share of global smartphoneRead More →
Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled Pakistan’s first domestically produced electric motorbike on Thursday.The prime minister said the debut of the electric motorbike was a “futuristic stride” and that his government’s new electric vehicle (EV) policy laid out a strategy and established a future direction at a ceremony in Islamabad.The introductionRead More →
On Wednesday, former US President Donald Trump said that he is suing three of the country’s largest digital firms, including Facebook, Twitter, and Google, as well as their CEOs.Trump stated that he was the primary plaintiff in the class-action lawsuits, claiming that the corporations had unfairly silenced him.At a newsRead More →
ISLAMABAD :Samsung has been in negotiations with three investors about establishing a mobile manufacturing facility in Pakistan. According to sources, one of the three parties has a franchise from Korea and has already established car assembly factories in Pakistan as part of the Auto Development Policy (ADP) 2016-21, while theRead More →
Jeff Bezos stood down from his role as CEO of Amazon on Monday, twenty-seven years after creating the firm, as he prepared to embark on a new professional path.Bezos, who is 57 years old, will now focus on his own space exploration company, philanthropy, and other endeavours. He will, however,Read More →
KARACHI (AFP) – TikTok was running again in Pakistan Saturday after a provincial court lifted suspension of the popular social media service but ordered it to address complaints that it hosted objectionable content. The Pakistan Telecoms Authority (PTA) blocked access Thursday for a third time after a ruling by aRead More →
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