Indian government asks Apple and Google to take down TikTok app

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Post by thatssosid » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 9:17 AM UTC

Indian government asks Apple and Google to take down TikTok app
economictimes.indiatimes.com

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#2

Post by esrauch » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 11:57 AM UTC

Christ, that site is probably the worst ad-laden/features promos experience on mobile that I've seen.

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Post by talonx » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 4:54 PM UTC

esrauch wrote: post #2

Christ, that site is probably the worst ad-laden/features promos experience on mobile that I've seen.

It's no better on the desktop. With uBlockOrigin, I can see 33 primary domains (ad and social networks), and 3 times that number secondary ones, blocked.

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Post by umeshunni » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 5:25 PM UTC

Less terrible site: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tiktok-india-court/indian...

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

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Post by _bxg1 » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 5:31 PM UTC

They didn't explain the actual reason until literally the last sentence

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 5:51 PM UTC

talonx wrote: post #3

esrauch wrote: post #2

Christ, that site is probably the worst ad-laden/features promos experience on mobile that I've seen.

It's no better on the desktop. With uBlockOrigin, I can see 33 primary domains (ad and social networks), and 3 times that number secondary ones, blocked.

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Post by 0xcafecafe » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 7:29 PM UTC

_bxg1 wrote: post #5

They didn't explain the actual reason until literally the last sentence

That's a fair sample of Indian mainstream media for you. Most of the stuff will be in the headline with some info sprinkled in the article.

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Post by swatkat7 » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 7:32 PM UTC

"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 explicit acts."

Saved you a click. The rest of the article is fluff.

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Post by tareqak » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 7:32 PM UTC

Google has now blocked Tik Tok in India as a result [0].

[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tiktok-india-court/google...

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Post by mromanuk » Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 7:44 PM UTC

swatkat7 wrote: post #8

"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…

I always read the comment section first, for this, actually I'm not going to read the article.