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Twitter goes down in Pakistan amid Election Results delay (pakobserver.net)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Twitter goes down in Pakistan amid Election Results delay::As Pakistanis are looking for results and updates about the general elections, the polling for which concluded on Thursday, people are facing disruption of X, former Twitter, services. Users of microblogging platform reported outage across the country with internet watchdog organization Netblocks also reporting the disruption to the platform. ⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a […]

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I couldn't get in contact with Pakistani coworkers on Friday because their entire internet was turned off.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

If memory serves, this would not the the first time that Pakistan shut down its internet near or during an election.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What was Elon saying? Free speech platform was it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Doubt this has much to do with Xitter, probably the local ISPs blocking traffic

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

What's "Twitter?" Do you mean X? /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

The military “geniuses” at work again trying to suppress democracy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Ohoo, there’s something wrong alright!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Masterful gambit, sir