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Google has now blocked Tik Tok in India as a result [0]. [0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tiktok-india-court/google...
They didn't explain the actual reason until literally the last sentence
"ByteDance’s applications TikTok and Helo are hugely popular among India’s teen and pre-teen population, especially in smaller towns. Many Chinese apps, including TikTok, have come under fire not only in India but also in the US, the UK, Hong Kong and Indonesia for content that is often dangerously close to exposing children to nudity and possibly those who seek to coerce or groom underage users into committing expli…
In its petition to the Supreme Court [snip] The app was like any other social media platform, it said, adding that singling out TikTok was discriminatory and arbitrary.
Christ, that site is probably the worst ad-laden/features promos experience on mobile that I've seen.
Christ, that site is probably the worst ad-laden/features promos experience on mobile that I've seen.
"ByteDance’s applications TikTok and Helo are hugely popular among India’s teen and pre-teen population, especially in smaller towns. Many Chinese apps, including TikTok, have come under fire not only in India but also in the US, the UK, Hong Kong and Indonesia for content that is often dangerously close to exposing children to nudity and possibly those who seek to coerce or groom underage users into committing expli…
TikTok's argument is also relevant: In its petition to the Supreme Court [snip] The app was like any other social media platform, it said, adding that singling out TikTok was discriminatory and arbitrary.
But why would the government be in in involved in banning apps. Don't we have more important cases pending.
TikTok is a Chinese application so I wonder if there are other interests at play.
The reality is, if you are unable to prevent millions of your users from seeing videos of sexualized children you will get in trouble.