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ASIA - Coronavirus Total Cases: Cross 12 million Total Deaths: At least 219K -Pakistan  [Source: Aljazeera]      Pakistan has banned Chinese social media app Tiktok for failing to filter out 'immoral and indecent' content, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said in a statement. "Keeping in view the complaints and nature of the content being consistently posted on Tiktok, PTA issued a final notice to the application", the statement said. "However, the application failed to fully comply with the instructions. Therefore, directions were issued for blocking of Tiktok application in the country."      The decision was taken after Prime Minister Imran Khan took a keen interest in the issue and has directed the telecommunication authorities to make all efforts to block content regarded vulgar in the conservative country. Dating app Tinder has also been blocked in recent months by Pakistani authorities.      In 2016, Pakistan's parliament passed the

  1. Brazil is World's Largest Coffee Producer      Brazil is the world largest producer of coffee, a position the country has held for the last 150 years. Coffee plantations are mainly located in the southeastern states: Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Parana where the environment and climate provide ideal growing conditions.      The crop first arrived in Brazil in the 18th century and the country had become the dominant producer by the 1840s.      The first coffee bush in Brazil was planted by Franciso de Melo Pelheta in the state Para in 1727. According to the legend, the then king of the country wanted to become a part of the coffee market. So he sent Franciso to French Guiana (overseas region  of France) to obtain coffee seeds. Franciso initially had difficulty obtaining these seeds due to the governor's unwillingness to export the seeds. However, he managed to smuggle the seeds into Brazil by seducing the governor's wife who secretly gave him a bouquet spiked with seeds.

 ASIA -Coronavirus Total Cases: Cross 11.6 million Total Deaths: At least 209K -Turkey  [Source: DW]      New regulation came into effect on October 1 in Turkey stipulating that social media providers must open offices or appoint a legal representative in the country. If companies do not comply with the new rules, they face major fines. The rules, which were pushed through Parliament by the Justice and Development Party of Prime Minister Recep Toyyip Erdogan, threaten major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter having over a million Turkey daily users. While at first glance the regulations appear bureaucratic, critics say that in practice they encroach upon company rights and freedom of speech.       Yaman Akdeniz, who teaches law at Istanbul's Bilgi University, told that regulations would have major consequences. "In the worst-case scenario, a court ruling could lead to platform being removed", he said. Akdeniz added that companies who fail to comply with the

 ASIA - Coronavirus Total Cases: Cross 11 million Total Deaths: At least 208K -Philippines  [Source: TheKhaleejTimes] Philippine President Rodrigo Duerte said on Monday that Facebook could not stop him from promoting the objectives of his government, telling the social media giant that they should talk about its purpose in his country. "Facebook, listen to me", Duerte said in a late-night televised address. "We allow you to operate here hoping that you could help us. Now, if government cannot advocate something which is for the good of the people, then what is your purpose here in my country?" (Note: On September 22, Facebook dismantled a network of fake accounts that originated in China and Philippines. Facebook said the fake accounts were dismantled because they had engaged in "coordinated inauthentic behaviour". Platforms like Facebook have helped strengthen Duerte's support base and have been helpful in his election victory in 2016.) -Iran  [Sourc

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