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Indian government asks Apple and Google to take down TikTok app

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Re: Indian government asks Apple and Google to take down TikTok app

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Post by ignoramous »

sbmthakur wrote: post #57
ignoramous wrote: post #26

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Please stop misleading people. The federal government neither banned beef nor consensual sex. Beef is a state subject and bans were implemented by respective state governments. Gay-sex was was decriminalized by the Supreme Court last year. Individuals speaking against the PM are also not banned. Go to any social media and you will see hundreds of people speaking against him.

Oh, is it a coincidence that the state govt that is in coalition with the central govt chose to enforce the bans? Is it any coincidence that there was rise in cow-vigilantes killing Muslims in lieu of beef ban after the current govt came into power? Is it any coincidence that the Taj Mahal was removed from the tourism brouchre by the current govt because it was a sign of slavery? Is it any coincidence that the saffron-terrorists have been targeting young unmarried couples and shaming them for following western culture after the current govt came in to power? Is it any coincidence that the journalists killed in India have been at an all time high? That press freedom has been curbed relentlessly? That the erstwhile accused of hate speechs are now not only walking scot-free but are head of states and ministers?

> Individuals speaking against the PM are also not banned.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/southasia/2019/01/indian-poli...

Wake up and smell the coffee.

Re: Indian government asks Apple and Google to take down TikTok app

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Post by sbmthakur »

ignoramous wrote: post #61
sbmthakur wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please stop misleading people. The federal government neither banned beef nor consensual sex. Beef is a state subject and bans were implemented by respective state governments. Gay-sex was was decriminalized by the Supreme Court last year. Individuals speaking against the PM are also not banned. Go to any social media and you will see hundreds of people speaking against him.

Oh, is it a coincidence that the state govt that is in coalition with the central govt chose to enforce the bans? Is it any coincidence that there was rise in cow-vigilantes killing Muslims in lieu of beef ban after the current govt came into power? Is it any coincidence that the Taj Mahal was removed from the tourism brouchre by the current govt because it was a sign of slavery? Is it any coincidence that the saffro…

Your long rant about the government doesn't invalidate what I said. Beef remains a state subject and the government never banned consensual-sex of any kind. These things are not even relevant to the discussion as it was the court that banned the app.

As for the individuals who are jailed, it has to more to do with the draconian defamation law which is used by people from all corners of the politics.

Re: Indian government asks Apple and Google to take down TikTok app

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Post by StudyAnimal »

zavi wrote: post #52
hangonhn wrote: post #33

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Pornography is outright illegal in China so I imagine TikTok has that part nailed down.

You don't have to imagine, you can use it for 30 minutes yourself, it's wild west.

I did, no porn or even casual nudity to be found. It’s squeaky clean. Search terms that might return anything like nudity or violence return 0 results and I checked to see if I was in restricted mode or not. It’s the same as Snapchat, just as clean, just as boring.

Re: Indian government asks Apple and Google to take down TikTok app

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Post by sample2448 »

nonamechicken wrote: post #48
jjcm wrote: post #35

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Which is ironic, as one of those two videos has a specific section about it legally not being defamation. The Indian courts granted an ex parte injunction against pewdiepie though because he didn’t show up in court in India.

I think the ban is not because of defamation. >It must be noted all the claims put forward by PewDiePie to T-Series were false. Pewdiepie in his Congratulations video talked about tax evasions, relation of T-Series with mafia, and a very big blame of sexual assault. >Pewdiepie didn't stop here and said that Indians have poo poo in their brains. He made fun of Caste system and poverty in India. >The High Court said th…

People quickly forget how he raised a lot of money for an indian charity organization, so racist yeah

Re: Indian government asks Apple and Google to take down TikTok app

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Post by grwthckrmstr »

wincy wrote: post #44
grwthckrmstr wrote: post #41

Lol, I clicked the link hoping to read the article, got bombarded with a dozen pops and what not. Then I was like, "ah Indiatimes, my mistake my mistake. I should have checked the link" (I'm from India and I avoid Indian media sites like a plague)

I made sure to click their fake "allow notifications" modal so that the browser one would pop up and I could click "never allow".

I'll do that next time!

Re: Indian government asks Apple and Google to take down TikTok app

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Post by ChrisRR »

vegiraghav wrote: post #55
yorwba wrote: post #17

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They probably also have a pretty good nudity filter, considering that all pornography is illegal in China.

Search on youtube "tiktok indian videos". You will probably campaign to make the ban permanent.

Am I going to get put on a list if I search that?

Re: Indian government asks Apple and Google to take down TikTok app

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Post by vegiraghav »

yorwba wrote: post #60
vegiraghav wrote: post #55

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Search on youtube "tiktok indian videos". You will probably campaign to make the ban permanent.

If the videos can be found on YouTube, the problem can't be with TikTok alone, surely.

well those videos aren't exactly the worst of the lot though
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