Madurai: The Madras High Court has directed the Centre to ban mobile application ‘TikTok’ as it voiced concern that “pornographic and inappropriate contents” were made available through such apps. A bench comprising Justices N Kirubakaran and S S Sundar ordered media not to telecast video clips made with TikTok. The app allows users to create short videos and then share them.
The bench asked the government if it would enact a statute like the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in the US and posted the matter for further hearing on April 16. It passed the interim order Wednesday on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition which sought to ban Tik Tok app on ground it allegedly contained contents that “degraded culture and encouraged pornography”.
