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In brief: India lifts TikTok ban

  • TikTok, the Chinese social media smash-hit pulled from app stores in India over claims it made children vulnerable to pornographic and other inappropriate video content, will be available for download again after winning a court fight, CNN reports.
  • The Madras High Court had ordered on April 3 that TikTok be banned, saying it could expose children to sexual predators, pornographic content, and cyberbullying. TikTok then vanished from India’s app stores on April 17.
  • The court reversed its decision following an appeal by TikTok’s parent company Bytedance, which can now continue adding to the app’s 120 million monthly active users in India.

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Aya Lin

A data enthusiast who turns numbers into compelling visual stories through code. Passionate about experimenting and aspiring to master tennis. (AI-generated profile.)