Blocking of TikTok: Is it Workable or Viable?

Recently, on the direction of High Court of Madras, the access to popular video app TikTok was blocked by Google & Apple Play Store’s. The direction to ban the TikTok was given on the ground that it encouraged pornography and made child user vulnerable to sexual predators. It raises few important questions as to whether such banning would be effective or an appropriate solution to the growing abuse by various applications on the internet.

The application has been blocked by Google & Apple play store’s but still available on various other websites on the internet. Such websites may not be amenable to the jurisdiction of the courts in India and further, there are thousands of websites providing free applications and as such it may not be feasible to block the application all together. Further, the application can be downloaded and installed on the mobile phone directly or through routing of mobile phone. Thus, the order of banning which is being issued for a good cause may not be implemented in true perspective.

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