The Madurai bench of the Madras high court today issued an interim direction to the state authorities to prohibit downloading of TikTok Mobile Application and also said that medias are prohibited from telecasting the videos made using the app. This is in response to a petition which sought a ban on the app stating that the app promotes disturbing content and degrades culture. As an interim measure, court said that "the Government has to answer whether the Union of India will enact a statute, like Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, enacted by the United States, to prevent the children becoming cyber/online victims" The court said that the matter will be taken up next on April 16th. The order notes: It is stated that the Governments of Indonesia and Bangladesh have already prohibited use of 'Tik Tok' application. In fact, understanding the vulnerability of the children in the cyber space, the United States of America has passed a Statue called 'Children Online Privacy Act', to prevent the children becoming cyber victims. It is stated that memes, lip-synced songs, comedies and videos are made using Tik Tok App. As long as this Tik Tok App., is used for comedy and humour, there should not be any problem. However, ...
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Madras high court directs ban on downloading of TikTok app
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court today issued an interim direction to the state authorities to prohibit downloading of TikTok Mobile Application and also said that medias are prohibited from telecasting the videos made using the app. This is in response to a petition which sought a ban on the app stating that the app promotes disturbing content and degrades culture. As an interim measure, court said that "the Government has to answer whether the Union of India will enact a statute, like Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, enacted by the United States, to prevent the children becoming cyber/online victims" The court said that the matter will be taken up next on April 16th. The order notes: It is stated that the Governments of Indonesia and Bangladesh have already prohibited use of 'Tik Tok' application. In fact, understanding the vulnerability of the children in the cyber space, the United States of America has passed a Statue called 'Children Online Privacy Act', to prevent the children becoming cyber victims. It is stated that memes, lip-synced songs, comedies and videos are made using Tik Tok App. As long as this Tik Tok App., is used for comedy and humour, there should not be any problem. However, ...
