He went viral because of his slapstick comedy, funny music transitions, and social commentary. But on TikTok, he’s known as Famous “Maulvi,” the South Asian term for Muslim preacher.
TikTok user Usman Asim defies expectations of how an Islamic preacher behaves, yet his online persona gained 10.1 million loyal TikTok followers and became his primary source of income within months.
That was until the bans. The Pakistani government has banned TikTok four times since last year for content they deem “vulgar, immoral and obscene.”
“The government should have issued penalties against the people they are accusing of making vulgar videos instead of just banning the entire platform for everyone,” Asim told VICE World News from his home in Wazirabad, a small town 60 miles from Lahore.
Despite removing the app from the country’s servers several times, the government has routinely backtracked on its bans. And now, it seems the social media company is addressing the frequent government strikes by launching a safety centre with moderators to filter “vulgar” content.
“Keeping in mind all the cultural nuances of Pakistan, we have more than tripled our investment in the last twelve months in our dedicated local-language moderation team for Pakistan,” a TikTok spokesperson told VICE World News.
“Content moderators are a part of our trust and safety teams, whose job is to formulate and enforce strategies and policies that are in line with the local laws, culture and prevailing sentiments in...
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