ISLAMABAD Despite government prohibitions, sources told News that up to 20 million Pakistanis seek every day to access restricted explicit content over unregistered virtual private networks (VPNs).
More than 100,000 offensive uniform resource locators (URLs) and over 844,000 immoral websites have already been blocked by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), which has stepped up its efforts to block such websites.
Unregistered VPNs are frequently used to get around restrictions, which has led to a rise in complaints about poor VPN services. The PTA has responded by starting to prohibit unregistered VPNs, citing security threats as well as worries about unauthorized access to unlawful content.
According to the sources, the PTA is attempting to resolve these problems by accelerating the whitelisting of approved VPN services.
