{"id":14875,"date":"2019-04-24T20:31:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T20:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/indian-court-lifts-ban-on-tiktok-in-india.html"},"modified":"2019-04-24T20:31:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T20:31:36","slug":"indian-court-lifts-ban-on-tiktok-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/indian-court-lifts-ban-on-tiktok-in-india.html","title":{"rendered":"Indian court lifts ban on TikTok in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Indian state court has reversed its ban on TikTok, allowing the short-video app to return to both Apple and Google\u2019s app stores, according to a report this morning from Reuters<\/a>. Earlier this month, India\u2019s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had ordered TikTok be removed from app stores<\/a>, after a High Court in Madras determined<\/a> the app was encouraging pornography and other illicit content.<\/p>\n

Though the removal only affected new users who were looking to download TikTok\u2019s app to their devices for the first time \u2014 not those who already had it installed \u2014 the ban was a major blow to TikTok\u2019s Chinese owner ByteDance. The company said in a court filing<\/a> the ban was resulting in a $500,000 daily loss, and was putting more than 250 jobs at risk.<\/p>\n

India had become a large and growing market for TikTok, with nearly 300 million users in the country out of over 1 billion total downloads, according to Sensor Tower. (TikTok notes it had over 120 million monthly actives in India.)<\/p>\n

India had also accounted for 27 percent of TikTok\u2019s total installs between December 2017 and December 2018, Sensor Tower found<\/a>, which meant the app was a huge source of TikTok\u2019s overall growth.<\/p>\n

However, some Indian politicians and parents believe the app\u2019s content is inappropriate, particularly with regard to its use by minors. And the Tamil Nadu court \u2014 which ruled against TikTok \u2014 said<\/a> the app could expose children to sexual predators, as well.<\/p>\n

TikTok, meanwhile, had argued that a \u201cvery miniscule\u201d proportion of its videos were inappropriate, and that after reviewing content created by users in India it had removed over 6 million videos<\/a> that had violated its terms of use and community guidelines.<\/p>\n

The ban, had it been upheld, could have foretold increased legal action and regulation against other social media apps in India.<\/p>\n

This wasn\u2019t the first time TikTok has come under fire by government regulators.<\/p>\n

In February, the FTC in the U.S. fined<\/a> TikTok $5.7 million for violating children\u2019s privacy law (COPPA) and required the app to implement an age gate.<\/p>\n

ByteDance, in a statement, welcomed the court\u2019s decision to reverse the ban, saying:<\/span><\/p>\n

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We are glad about this decision and we believe it is also greatly welcomed by our thriving community in India, who use TikTok as a platform to showcase their creativity. We are grateful for the opportunity to continue serving our users better. While we\u2019re pleased that our efforts to fight against misuse of the platform has been recognised, the work is never \u201cdone\u201d on our end. We are committed to continuously enhancing our safety features as a testament to our ongoing commitment to our users in India<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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