{"id":29339,"date":"2023-02-05T11:33:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T11:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/05\/pakistan-bans-wikipedia-over-blasphemous-content\/"},"modified":"2023-02-05T11:33:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T11:33:26","slug":"pakistan-bans-wikipedia-over-blasphemous-content-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/05\/pakistan-bans-wikipedia-over-blasphemous-content-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan bans Wikipedia over &#8216;blasphemous&#8217; content material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Wikipedia has been blocked in Pakistan for failure to delete some content material judged \u201csacrilegious\u201d by authorities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"playht-iframe-player\" id=\"playht-iframe-player\" height=\"90px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"max-height: 90px; height: 90px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/pakistan-bans-wikipedia-over-blasphemous-content\/about:blank\" data-voice=\"en-US-Standard-D\" article-url=\"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/?p=3088265\" data-appid=\"MjmFoGoWdJhUu3c\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/play.ht\/embed\/?article_url=https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/?p=3088265&amp;voice=en-US-Standard-D&amp;appId=MjmFoGoWdJhUu3c&amp;trans_id=-NNSVW0-n5UgAqmrCKSN\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"playht-iframe-player\" id=\"playht-iframe-player\" height=\"90px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"max-height: 90px; height: 90px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/play.ht\/embed\/?article_url=https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/?p=3088265&amp;voice=en-US-Standard-D&amp;appId=MjmFoGoWdJhUu3c&amp;trans_id=-NNSVW0-n5UgAqmrCKSN\" data-voice=\"en-US-Standard-D\" article-url=\"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/?p=3088265\" data-appid=\"MjmFoGoWdJhUu3c\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/p>\n<p>Blasphemy is against the law in Pakistan, a Muslim-majority nation of over 230 million, and can lead to a loss of life sentence for the offender.<\/p>\n<p>Today, a number of information sources, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/pakistan-tourism-development-corporation-accused-of-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Pakistan<\/a>\u2018s media regulator, reported that in style on-line encyclopedia Wikipedia has been blocked in South Asian nation for failure to delete some content material judged \u201csacrilegious\u201d by the Pakistani authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pta.gov.pk\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)<\/a> introduced that it had\u00a0\u201cdegraded\u201d\u00a0Wikipedia\u2019s service within the nation for 48 hours as a warning. According to the regulator, the web site ignored a request to take away unspecified\u00a0\u201cblasphemous contents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Malahat Obaid, spokesman for PTA, the company was in touch with Wikipedia over the difficulty. Obaid mentioned that entry to the web encyclopedia could be restored if it complies with PTA\u2019s calls for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe platform neither complied by removing the blasphemous content nor appeared before the Authority,\u201d\u00a0the PTA mentioned in official assertion on its web site.<\/p>\n<p>The regulator added that its mission was to keep up\u00a0\u201ca safe online experience for all Pakistani citizens according to local laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the PTA despatched official notices to Wikipedia and <a href=\"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/russia-threatens-google-and-apple-over-the-illegal-anti-russian-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Google<\/a>, demanding the removing of \u201coffensive\u201d content material. <\/p>\n<p>The common mentioned on the time that it had acquired complaints about Wikipedia displaying cartoons that ridiculed the Prophet Mohammed, amongst different issues.<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia is a multilingual free on-line encyclopedia written and maintained by a group of volunteers, generally known as Wikipedians, by open collaboration and utilizing a wiki-based enhancing system.<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia is the biggest and most-read reference work in historical past. It is constantly one of many 10 hottest web sites ranked by Similarweb and previously Alexa.<\/p>\n<p>As of 2022, Wikipedia was ranked the fifth hottest website on this planet.<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American non-profit group funded primarily by donations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eturb-textlink eturb-target\" id=\"eturb-2054721629\" data-eturb-trackid=\"3085941\" data-eturb-trackbid=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/time2023.com\" rel=\"noopener follow\" class=\"adv-link\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/s9h7f8a7.rocketcdn.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTNBanner-Time3.png 728w, https:\/\/s9h7f8a7.rocketcdn.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTNBanner-Time3-300x37.png 300w, 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