Imagine waking up one day, trying to access your social media account—you might want to read the news or chat with friends, who knows—and getting an "Oops, something went wrong" alert mocking you from the center of the screen. Well, that's what people in Pakistan have been experiencing every day since last February.
Pakistan authorities began blocking social platform X (formerly known as Twitter) on February 17, 2024, about a week after completely restricting the internet before and during election day as an alleged "security measure." However, while these large-scale disruptions lasted just a few days, the X ban is still ongoing at the time of writing, forcing citizens to turn to the best VPN services to access the app.
