{"id":14266,"date":"2025-07-20T18:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14266"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:04:05","slug":"talal-urges-whatsapp-to-block-ttp-network-spreading-terror-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14266","title":{"rendered":"Talal urges WhatsApp to block TTP network spreading terror activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry has called on the international community and the digital platform WhatsApp to take immediate action against the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)\u2019s WhatsApp channel, which is being used to conduct terrorist activities, spread violent propaganda, glorify terrorism, and facilitate terrorist communications.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, Minister of State for Interior and Narcotics Control raised\u00a0alarm over the group\u2019s digital footprint, Chaudhry alleged that the TTP\u2014designated as a terrorist organisation by the United Nations and the United States\u2014is actively using WhatsApp to send bulk messages that propagate violent ideology, spread harmful narratives, and glorify terror activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe TTP is operating its WhatsApp channels and sending bulk messages to proliferate its violent and hateful ideology, to spread its harmful narratives, and for glorification of its terror activities,\u201d Chaudhry said.<\/p>\n<p>He also shared a screenshot of a WhatsApp group named \u201cUmar Medi@ Urdu,\u201d which was created on June 18 this year and had 369 followers.<\/p>\n<p>TTP (UN &amp; US designated terrorist organisation) is operating its WhatsApp channels and sending Bulk WhatsApps messages to proliferate its violent \/ hateful ideology, to spread its harmful narratives, and for glorification of its terror activities.<br \/>\nPakistan has zero tolerance for\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/4h3iKHE7OD<br \/>\n\u2014 Senator Tallal Chaudry (@TallalPMLN) July 20, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of State reiterated Pakistan\u2019s \u201czero tolerance\u201d stance against terrorism, emphasizing the country\u2019s sacrifices in the pursuit of global peace.<\/p>\n<p>Chaudhry urged the international community and WhatsApp to collaborate with Pakistan to counter extremist content by identifying and blocking such channels. \u201cThese accounts must be blocked, and necessary algorithms created to auto-detect and auto-suspend such handles and numbers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The TTP has long used the internet and online media platforms to propagate its messages and garner public support. In 2012, Facebook shut down an account called \u2018Umar Media TTP page,\u2019 which the group had used for recruitment and propaganda, including the publication of a quarterly magazine and video editing.<\/p>\n<p>Following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban\u2019s takeover, Facebook also banned WhatsApp accounts linked to the Taliban. A Facebook spokesperson told AFP at the time, \u201cThe Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law and we have banned them from our services under our Dangerous Organization policies.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry has called on the international community and the digital platform WhatsApp to take immediate action against the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)\u2019s WhatsApp channel, which is being used to conduct terrorist activities, spread violent propaganda, glorify terrorism, and facilitate terrorist communications. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}