LAHORE (APP) – Largest blogging platform of the world WordPress.com has been banned in Pakistan which a tech claims has been done on orders of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) over “security issues”.
According to the ProPakistani blog, who claims to have been confirmed by an anonymous source within PTA, reports that WordPress.com has been blocked due to security reasons with reference to the Pakistan Day. The exact “threat” on WordPress.com that triggered the blocking is unreported.
The blog also reports the ban might be lifted in next two days. The blocking is of WordPress.com only and does not seem to apply on the self-hosted websites powered by WordPress.
WordPress.com hosts thousands of from across the world and has a huge user base in Pakistan. It is seen as a medium that gives voice to bloggers and citizen/new media journalists to have their say PTA has a of blocking any website that it deems “threat” to society and it does so without giving any prior notice or reason of doing so.
YouTube has been banned in the country since September 2012 because of the anti-Islam film that was posted on it.
