Madras HC directs Centre to prohibit downloading of TikTok app
Madurai, Apr 3 (UNI): Madras High Court Madurai Bench on Wednesday directed the Centre to prohibit downloading of TikTok mobile application.
A division bench comprising Justices N.Kirubakaran and S.S.Sundar also issued directions prohibiting media from telecasting videos made with the mobile application, while hearing a petition seeking a ban on it for circulating disturbing contents and degrading culture.
The judges sought a reply from the Centre whether it could enact an act, like the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act passed by USA to prevent children from becoming cyber victims.
TikTok is a media application for creating and sharing short videos.
Pattali Makkal Katchi founder Dr.S.Ramadoss recently demanded that the TikTok mobile application be banned to stop the cultural degradation it has triggered in society.
The application was being used without any regulation and it is sad to see youngsters so engrossed in the application.
Tamil Nadu government also announced that it would write to the centre to ban the application.
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