The tech giant Google has blocked the most popular video sharing app TikTok in India followed the Madras High Court directive. This means that yopu will not be able to download this app from Google Play. There is a huge market of TikTok in India and there is a lot of Android smartphones powered by Google. At the moment, no information has been found about the removal of the app from iOS.
Recently, the court asked the Central Government to ban the TikTok app. The reason for the banning was given. This app promotes pornographic content. China's company Bytedance Technology had appealed to the court to end the ban on the TikTok app, although the court had rejected the appeal. Only after this Google decided to delete the app. At the moment Google has not made any official statement about this.
On April 3, the Madras High Court had asked the central government to ban a ban on TikTok App. The court had said that the TikTok app is promoting pornography and it is also increasing sexual violence in children. The decision of the court to ban the TikTok has been taken after a public interest petition was filed.
According to an officer in the Ministry of IME, the Center wrote the letter to Google and Apple to ban the app after the order of the High Court. The government had asked Google and Apple to follow the order of the Madras High Court in Letter. The app was available on the iOS till late Tuesday night, while the app has been removed from Google Play Store.
The case was heard in the Supreme Court on Monday, in which the Court said that the hearing of this case is currently being taken to the Madras High Court. In such a case, the Supreme Court will hear it on April 22. However, during the same period of the Supreme Court, the Madras High Court refused to stay on the decision on the app.
