Banning YouTube is not a solution: Tania Aidrus

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Digital Pakistan initiative, Tania Aidrus said the ‘banning Youtube in Pakistan is not a solution’.

Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Wednesday took notice of objectionable content on social media and hinted at shutting down video streaming giant YouTube in Pakistan.

Banning YouTube is not a solution: Tania Aidrus

“Banning a platform like YouTube is not a solution. The 3 years when YouTube was banned in Pakistan it held back our content creator ecosystem which has just started to flourish now, creating employment opportunities for thousands,” Tania Aidrus

“Our focus should be on ensuring better curation of content through policy and dialogue. Brute force measures like banning will not serve any purpose and will hold us back from achieving the vision of #DigitalPakistan,” Tania Aidrus

YouTube Ban is not a solution – Tania Aidrus

Banning a platform like YouTube is not a solution. The 3 years when YouTube was banned in Pakistan it held back our content creator ecosystem which has just started to flourish now, creating employment opportunities for thousands.
— Tania Aidrus (@taidrus) July 22, 2020

Courts Stay Away from Moral Policing and ban approach

Science and Technology Minister, Fawad Chaudhry opposes recent comments by the honorable court saying ‘Stay Away from moral policing and ban approach‘, such ban approach is destroying Pakistan tech industry and development of Technology.

Courts and PTA must stay away from moral policing and Ban Approach,such bans on internet based Apps ll destroy Pak tech industry and development of technology ll be permanently hampered,we are still not out of woods b/o judges illadvised interferece in economic matters
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) July 22, 2020

Thousands of Content Creators are earning from Youtube In January Prime Minister Imran Khan invited all the Youtuber community in Pakistan and had discussed about Digital Pakistan.

Bloggers and freelancers demand to bring Paypal in Pakistan and other online payment systems.

PTA has banned popular game Pubg in Pakistan, Bigo app hints to ban TikTok as well.

People are reacting on Social media against courts decision to ban the video streaming site ‘YouTube’.

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