Objectionable content : Pakistan seeks Google cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has asked Google to provide the country with a preferential access to block objectionable and blasphemous content on YouTube and obtain information about some Gmail users who violate the country’s cyber law, The News has learnt.

A delegation led by Jake Lucchi, Google’s Head of Safety, Content and Social Impact Public Policy and Government Relations-Asia Pacific met with officials of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday to discuss coordination between Pakistani regulator and the search engine giant on management of objectionable content on YouTube Pakistan, a top PTA official confirmed.