ISLAMABAD – Pakistanis are concerned about PTA’s new plan to regulate the use of VPNs as it might ban some platforms including X, former Twitter, and some other portals which are currently restricted in Pakistan.
It was revealed during a Standing Committee meeting as authorities mulls to whitelist specific proxy networks while blocking others. It stemmed due to massive increase in usage of VPN after ban on microblogging platform X.
‘VPN ban in Pakistan’
After the ban, the telecom authority reports that number of Twitter users in country saw massive drop.
The unpopular move to ban Twitter, will also disrupt businesses as authorities cautioned that banning VPNs could negatively impact IT sector, which relies on them for various purposes.
