WATCHING a YouTube video has now become a nuisance, thanks to the unwanted advertisements of this digital app or that, showing young people doing crazy things in the name of entertainment. These apps must be banned or an efficient social media regulation authority should be set up to monitor content and control the unbridled use of these apps.

Zakriya Shahid

Bahawalpur

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AS the number of sponsors grow, YouTube viewers are bombarded with advertisements even more. The least the authorities can do is to ensure that religious content should never begin with a song or any advertisement which is not in sync with the video one is trying to watch.

Shaheer Khan

Bahawalpur

Published in Dawn, May 22nd, 2021

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