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Pakistan seeks YouTube ban on 27 opposition and journalist channels

A court in Pakistan has requested YouTube to ban 27 channels run by journalists, opposition officials and others they deem to be "anti-state".[File: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters]

Alphabet-owned YouTube has informed more than two dozen critics of the Pakistani government that it is reviewing a court directive seeking to block their channels for allegedly being “anti-state”.

The channels at risk of being blocked in Pakistan include those belonging to the main opposition party, its leader and jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as well as several journalists critical of the government, according to a court order dated June 24 and circulated this week.

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