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    TikTok ban lifted on condition of quality control; fans rejoice

    The ban was lifted on the condition that the Chinese application would not allow obscene videos to be posted on it.

    Jagyaseni Biswas
    April 29, 2019 / 08:48 IST
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    TikTok users across India rejoiced after the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court lifted the ban it had imposed on the Chinese video application.

    The ban was lifted on the condition that it would not allow obscene videos to be posted on it.

    A bench of justices N Kirubakaran and SS Sundar heard the case. Following the orders of the Supreme Court, the bench warned that, if any obscene or controversial video is uploaded using the application again, it would be amount to a violation of the court order and would be considered a contempt of court.

    The app has been facing backlash from a section of the citizens who had raised concerns over the lack of quality control on TikTok, which facilitated abusive and pornographic content to be shared. People have also complained about how the application is addictive.

    Indians, comprising the one-third of TikTok’s global audience, came out on Twitter to celebrate the court ruling, and a meme fest ensued. Here’s what they said.



     


     

    href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TikTokban?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TikTokban #TikTokAgain pic.twitter.com/vjGLGZLsMf

    — Dipak Samanta (@dipaksamanta) April 24, 2019

    Jagyaseni Biswas
    Jagyaseni Biswas
    first published: Apr 29, 2019 08:36 am

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