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PTA tells IHC: No law exists to ban social media use by children under 16
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that no law currently exists to ban social media use by children under 16, and that it cannot establish an age-verification system for children beyond the law and its granted powers. The PTA submitted its detailed reply before the IHC in a petition seeking a ban on social media use by children under the age of 16. It stated that a new legal and policy framework is necessary to protect children from online threats. The authority submitted that its power to block illegal online content is limited an...
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