Pakistan temporarily blocks Twitter, Zoom to shun critical voices

NetBlocks data indicate that backend image and video servers, in particular, were unavailable during the disruption period, corroborating these reports

According to the internet blockade observatory NetBlocks, after Twitter went down all across Pakistan from 10 p.m on May 17 to 1.30 am on May 18, 2020 Pakistan Standard Time, the bulk of reports it received from the country described a loss of access to affected services. Media Matters for Democracy from Pakistan reports the outage and calls upon the government to issue an official statement on the matter, clarifying whether Twitter was blocked and if it was, on what grounds.

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