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by thiht 2118 days ago
>The govt is the democratic representative of the people and does what the majority of the nation expects them to do

A democracy must not be a tyranny of the majority. What if part of the Pakistani population enjoy these apps? Why ban them if they don't harm anybody?

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People think these apps are harming people by enabling behavior that harms people.

It's the same line of reasoning that leads to prohibition on drugs, guns and booze.