Pakistan blocks X as activists criticize social media platform's shutdown

Pakistan's media regulators have blocked the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with users across the country experiencing partial and complete shutdowns.There was no comment on the outage by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and government officials have not responded to repeated queries from The Associated Press for comment.Human rights activists have demanded a full restoration of internet services and access to social media. Washington has also urged Pakistan to lift restrictions on X.(AP)