TikTok Ban: Google and Apple Removed TikTok App From their App Store
TikTok Banned in India
Google and Apple have removed TikTok from their platform after the Supreme Court refused to ban the order of banning Madras High Court’s. Following the order of Madras High Court, the government asked Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their respective platforms. It is to be mentioned that in the order on April 3, the Madras High Court had asked the government to ban it on the basis of pornographic material through TikTok.
The Madras High Court had asked the Center to ban a ban on Tikk on April 3. At the same time, the court had said that the TikTok app promotes pornography and is making the children sexually violent. Let me tell you that there is an allegation of serving pornographic material on TikTok.
Order of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology helps to prevent downloads. However, those who have already downloaded the TikTok app will be able to use it on their smartphones.
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Google and Apple Removed TikTok From App Store
An official of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry said, “The High Court has asked the government to stop the downloads of the TikTok application. The ministry is making sure to tell Google and Apple to delete the app from their App Store. On behalf of the government, Apple and Google have been asked to delete the app by writing a letter. ‘ Google immediately removed the app from Playstore and apple also removed from the App Store. Google said in a statement that he obeys local laws and does not want to comment on the app.
Chinese company Bytedance Technolohasave appealed to the court to remove the previous ban, which was rejected. India is a big market for the TikTok app, in which case the business of the company will be affected. According to the Market Analysis firm Sensor Tower, in the first quarter, the App Store and TikTok in the Google Play Store are the third most downloaded app in the world.
