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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The U.S. State Department has asked the Pakistani government to remove limitations on social media platforms and denounced internet shutdowns that have occurred in Pakistan.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Internet monitoring supporters have drawn attention to internet disruptions and limitations following demonstrations in response to allegations of irregularities in Pakistan's elections.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">"We are worried by any reports of restrictions on the exercise of the freedom of expression and association in Pakistan, like the partial or complete government-imposed internet shutdowns, which involves, of course, on social media platforms," Matthew Miller, a spokesperson for the State Department, told reporters.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify"><img alt="US requests Pakistan to lift social media &amp; Internet censorship" src="http://gospeedcheck.com/filemanager/data-images/imgs/20240227/us-requests-pakistan-to-lift-social-media-internet-censorship-1.jpg" style="display:block; height:313px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; width:640px"></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><em>US requests Pakistan to lift social media &amp; Internet censorship</em></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Per Miller, Pakistan was urged by Washington to uphold freedom of speech and "restore access to any social media that has been restricted, including Twitter." </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">He claimed Pakistan had received word of the American concerns via formal channels.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Examples of limitations were reported by the worldwide internet watchdog Netblocks last week. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">"Metrics show that X/Twitter continues largely restricted in Pakistan past the four-day mark; imposed as disclosures relating to election fraud circulated on the platform," Netblocks said.</p>

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