We have faith in the Indian judicial system, TikTok said in a statement on Wednesday. The court issued its initial order without giving TikTok a chance to respond to the allegations. The government has the social responsibility to prevent these kinds of applications, the two-judge panel wrote as it ordered an interim ban on downloads of the app. The Indian court hearing the TikTok case issued a rambling order this month reciting the petitioners claims that TikTok was filled with pornography, exposed young people to sexual predators, spoiled the mind and prompted people to commit suicide. In India, the app has been caught up in a bigger debate over the inability of social media to stop the spread of false information, the dangers to children posed by mobile technology and the vast influence of American and Chinese technology giants. TikTok, which has 120 million users in India and more than half a billion worldwide, has been particularly popular with children and young adults because its tools make it easy to record, share and watch short videos.īut it has also come under increasing scrutiny from governments around the world, including the United States, for allowing users to post objectionable content and for pushing children to share too much information with strangers.
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