Pakistanis Want #Ban24News Over Lewd Content

Pakistanis are running #Ban24News trend on Twitter for using lewd, enticing, and vulgar photos for getting traffic on its website.

The tactic that the social media pages of 24News have been using to amass clicks on the website finally caught the eyes of the users.

#Ban24News is number 1 trend on Twitter right now. I’m glad that I was the first person to tweet this hashtag and start the movement.

Let’s hope action is taken. pic.twitter.com/F8E4iAjyk8

— Makhdoom Shahab-ud-Din (@ShahabSpeaks) May 24, 2021

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The social media handles of 24News are brimmed with obscene title-photos placed to get clicks.

#Ban24News
Literally, i was also noticing it from quite a while that they just give bollywood news along with bold pics. Wth u are a big media house and doing cheap things pic.twitter.com/cmDukW5Zre

— #PalestiniansLivesMatter 🇵🇸 (@turab_azeem) May 24, 2021

The practice had been followed for long and finally, Pakistanis started #Ban24News trend against it and demanded to ban the channel as the content it was resorting to divert traffic was a fly in the face of journalistic values.

Is there any limit?

Is this islamic republic of Pakistan?

Is it any news?

Is there any body to monitor them?

Is there no other news?#Ban24News pic.twitter.com/de54hq5jgG

— Naveed buneri نوید بونیری (@Naveedk07) May 24, 2021

They asked Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to take immediate notice against the channel.

Some users suggested to unsubscribe 24News on YouTube as a protest and to harm the channel’s ranking.

#Ban24News pic.twitter.com/iEeoL21QqJ

— Muhammad Junaid (@Junaid_Tahir77) May 25, 2021

The amoral practice, all-swayed from core journalistic values, is not just limited to featured photos but the channel’s social media handles also use tempting headlines to persuade users to open their links.