PTA Chairman Hafeez Ur Rehman says the authority is fielding roughly 500 social media-related complaints daily. The figure came up during a Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication meeting on September 24.

PTA Handles Growing Volume of Social Media Complaints

The complaints span different platforms, according to the chairman, who also noted that some online issues likely go unreported or unidentified altogether.

PTA reviews what comes in and, where needed, reaches out to the relevant platforms to request action on flagged content. The regulator has said before that a good chunk of flagged material does get removed once these requests go out.

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The committee meeting also touched on offensive material circulating online, with lawmakers pushing for stronger safeguards to protect younger users from potentially harmful content.

The scale of these complaints says a lot about how much content-related friction is landing on Pakistan’s telecom regulator as social media use keeps growing.

FAQs

  1. How many social media complaints does PTA receive daily? 

Around 500, according to PTA Chairman Hafeez Ur Rehman.

  1. What does PTA do with social media complaints? 

Reviews them, and where necessary, contacts the relevant platforms to request action on flagged content.

These numbers point to a steadily growing volume of social media complaints landing on PTA’s desk. As platforms keep expanding their reach, the regulator’s dealing with more reports, across more services, than ever before.