Pakistan Government Accidentally Turns Cat Filter On During Live Stream

June 17, 2019

The provincial government of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa live-streamed an entire meeting with the cat filter on.

Facebook users who were watching live took screenshots of the politicians wearing cat ears and posted them all over social media.

According to KP government’s social media team we now have a cat in the cabinet #Filter pic.twitter.com/LNl7zwOfLU
— Mansoor Ali Khan (@_Mansoor_Ali) June 14, 2019

In a statement, the Pakistani government said the cat filter was turned on because of a "human error" by a "hardworking volunteer" and said steps would be taken to avoid similar incidents in the future.