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Indian court directs ban on TikTok app



CHENNAI: Saying that the popular Chinese video app TikTok has been encouraging pornography, an Indian court has ordered a ban on the video app.

According to news carried by Indian media, the Madras High Court has also directed the media from telecasting videos made using the app.

The court while hearing a petition maintained that children using TikTok were vulnerable to exposure to sexual predators. The app that allows users to create and share short videos with special effects has over 54 million monthly active users in India.

 

 

Publish Date : 04 April 2019 15:10 PM

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