India bans downloading of Tik Tok for containing pornographic videos

Goodbye Tumblr, hello Tik Tok. When the wings of an Internet service are clipped, users know very well how to find ways to take advantage of another in its place. And this is what seems to have happened with Tik Tok, which in addition to fun music videos full of effects and video production resources, also have pornographic and illegal content for some countries. This is the case of India, where the download of the aforementioned application has been prohibited

This has been ruled by the Madras High Court after investigating and discovering the illegal content of Tik Tok. According to the judicial body, the video application would be promoting pornography and other illegal content. That is why, before this order, the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology of India has requested both Apple and Google to withdraw the application from both application stores , App Store and Google Play Store. And so it has been done.

In such a way, from India, it is impossible to download Tik Tok from the usual official sources. Of course, this does not prevent the 120 million monthly active users in the Indian market from using the application on a daily basis. Either to see or produce the content they want, both musical and pornographic, and of other kinds. But the judicial decision is a real blow for Tik Tok on several levels.On the one hand, its image as an application for young people is penalized, and on the other hand, it is penalized, reduces visibility and cuts its ability to grow through these platforms. Do not forget that it is the main way to download applications. With what its growth in the number of users and its economic benefits could be affected by this ban.

And what has Tik Tok done about it? Well, he has published several communiqués, increasingly lowering their tone, to accept the decision of the High Court of India. In his words: We welcome the decision of the Madras High Court to appoint Arvind Datar as Amicus Curae (independent counsel) for the court. We have faith in the Indian judicial system and are optimistic about an outcome that would be welcomed by over 120 million monthly active users in India, who continue to use TikTok to showcase their creativity and capture moments that are important in their daily lives. ».

What they do not mention in these statements is that they have deleted no less than 6 million videos of illegal content from the platform. A really high volume that makes us aware of the magnitude of the problem in countries like India.

Problems keep coming

That Tik Tok is a mere platform, gives all the strength to its users, who also create content. That is why the company behind Tik Tok, Bytedance, ignores what those who download it do in it And it is to be the police of its own source of creativity and content could have poor results for the growth and expansion of the application. And at the same time, this leads to other problems.

Just two months ago it was the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) of the United States that fined the application with the payment of 5.7 million dollars (about 5 million euros)for violating its laws for the protection of minors In addition, it forced the application to update and veto its use by minors under 13, thus closing the doors to a large part of the US public using the app.

And even more. The Musical.ly app that was eventually absorbed by Tik Tok also had similar issues in the past. Questions that raise again whether the terms of use are restrictive enough and whether applications should manage the content they host