Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided to withdraw its order to censor SMSes on the uproar of customers and operators, industry sources said.
According to Telecom Recorder report, the authority has taken back its orders to block SMSes containing English and Urdu words through cellular operators under the immense pressure of the customers that termed action of PTA as violation of privacy.
Operators and experts of the telecom sector also responded negatively on the PTA action, terming it an imminent loss of business and disruption in communications between the subscribers.
The said the blockage of SMSes as a result of filtration will cause legal issues against the operators and authority, therefore, it should be avoided at any cost.
The authority is seeking time to revamp its censorship policy through consultation with civil society representatives and mobile phone operators regarding offensive words
PTA’s official said that the authority will come up with different solution and list of words for operators that will be deemed to consider as offensive and obscene words.
He said that the authority will continue to work for protecting customers from spam and obnoxious SMSes.
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