Facebook tops PTA takedown compliance at 38.1 percent
The Interior Ministry told Parliament that counter-terror takedowns fare better at 47%, while Facebook leads platforms and Punjab dominates anti-state filings.
Social media firms complied with 23.7% of PTA content removal requests covering material labelled unnecessary, anti-state or otherwise sensitive.
Counter-terrorism request compliance stood at 47%; Facebook led at 38.1%, followed by X at 7.4% and YouTube at 1.9%.
Punjab government filings made up 97.7% of requests about content directed against the state or government.
The ministry said Pakistan lacks an integrated federal-provincial system for online threats and faces a shortage of trained analysts.
NACTA sought over Rs2.98 billion for 2026-27; Rs1.33 billion has been released for the current year, and it is to become the National Counter Terrorism Division.