X working in Pakistan without VPN
Users in Pakistan were able to access on Wednesday social media platform X without (Virtual Private Networks) VPNs.
It may be noted that X was banned in Pakistan for a year now. Authorities blocked X since February 17 after protests swept the country over allegations of vote rigging in a general election.
Today, several users of the app took to the platform to share that they were able to access X (formerly Twitter) without VPN.
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