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Twitter goes down in Pakistan amid Election Results delay (pakobserver.net)

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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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[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 42 points 8 months ago

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

[-] vexikron@lemmy.zip 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.

[-] clubb@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

What was Elon saying? Free speech platform was it?

[-] wahming 4 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Sky_Lobster@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

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

[-] generalpotato@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

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

[-] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Ohoo, there’s something wrong alright!

[-] All_Your_Base@feddit.cl 2 points 8 months ago

Masterful gambit, sir

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