[swatkat7]

"ByteDance’s applications TikTok and Helo are hugely popular among India’s teen and pre-teen population, especially in smaller towns. Many Chinese apps, including TikTok, have come under fire not only in India but also in the US, the UK, Hong Kong and Indonesia for content that is often dangerously close to exposing children to nudity and possibly those who seek to coerce or groom underage users into committing explicit acts."

Saved you a click. The rest of the article is fluff.

[robocat]

TikTok's argument is also relevant:

In its petition to the Supreme Court [snip] The app was like any other social media platform, it said, adding that singling out TikTok was discriminatory and arbitrary.

[yorwba]

They probably also have a pretty good nudity filter, considering that all pornography is illegal in China.

[vegiraghav]

Search on youtube "tiktok indian videos". You will probably campaign to make the ban permanent.

[yorwba]

If the videos can be found on YouTube, the problem can't be with TikTok alone, surely.

[vegiraghav]

well those videos aren't exactly the worst of the lot though

[ChrisRR]

Am I going to get put on a list if I search that?

[kobiguru]

I agree

[ben_jones]

Eroding freedoms based on "for the children" is a slippery slope but in this case I believe it is well justified. There is a gross amount of what I'd call sexual aggression in these apps between primarily older males towards younger, often underage, girls (and boys). Users treat these apps like porn sites, whether its to view public instagram photos, private messages, or even public comments. If you cannot police the worst of these activities I do not believe governments should allow companies to profit off them.

[mromanuk]

I always read the comment section first, for this, actually I'm not going to read the article.

[mayankkaizen]

You did great job. Because the Times group in India is known for outrageous advertising and cheap journalism.

[seppin]

downloaded it to check out the hype, pretty much all under age kids doing borderline stuff.

But no different than Youtube I guess