Chinese App TikTok Banned By Indian Court Because It ‘Encourages Pornography’

The Madras High Court on Wednesday requested that the government ban Chinese video application TikTok, saying it was empowering pornography and the eventual fate of the youths and the outlook of the youngsters are ruined.

Made by Beijing Bytedance Technology Co, TikTok is an application that enables clients to create and share short videos with special effects, has more than 500 million worldwide dynamic clients from which 54 million clients are from India.

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court, which has been hearing an appeal against the application, on Wednesday said youngsters who were utilizing TikTok were defenseless against introduction to sexual stalkers.

“Majority of the teens are playing pranks, gaffing around with duet videos sharing with split screen to the strangers. The children who use the said application are vulnerable and may expose them to sexual predators …. Without understanding the dangers involved in these kinds of mobile apps, it is unfortunate that our children are testing with these apps.” Madras High Court said.

The court has likewise prescribed that India could achieve another enactment around the online security of children like the Children’s Online Privacy Protect Act in the United States.

A TikTok representative told news organization Reuters the organization was focused on keeping local laws and was anticipating a duplicate of the court’s structure, following which it would make fitting move.

We’ll need to hang tight for the government’s reaction, and the following hearing to know TikTok’s destiny will be.

Yet, there’s unquestionably a bigger inquiry approaching around the guidelines of applications and internet access for cyber safety in India.