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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started the second trial to shutdown unregistered Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) with the new national firewall and begin a complete crackdown starting in December. According to the sources this will be a two-day exercise.
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PTA has set a November 30 deadline for VPN registration after which unregistered VPNs will be blocked starting next month. More than 25,000 VPNs has been registered so far.
The authority wants to speed up the VPN registration and whitelisting process. Countries like China, Russia, Iran and others have blocked unregistered VPNs and some countries allow VPNs only for business use. PTA sources say there is no reaction on VPNs for business use in Pakistan.
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Notably users in Pakistan have been complaining about issues using free VPNs for several hours. Many users relied on free VPNs to access the social media platform X but they are now complaining that free VPNs are no longer working.
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