PTA requests Twitter to remove ‘territorial conflicts’ tweets

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Pakistan, through the Telecommunication Authority (PTA), had requested micro-blogging website Twitter to remove tweets about territorial conflicts involving the country in the first six months of the year, according to local media sources.

However, Twitter is said to have not complied with the request.

In its bi-annual Transparency Report released on Tuesday, Twitter noted that there had been a 52% increase in requests from governments around the world for information of account holders on the micro-blogging website between January 1 — June 30, 2015, it was revealed.

According to the report, the PTA had made six requests to remove content from as many as 60 accounts about territorial conflicts involving the country in the past six months, local media sources added.