The Madras High Court has reportedly lifted the ban on the video application TikTok. Justices N. Kirubakaran and S.S. Sundar lifted the ban today after hearing submissions made by Isaac Mohanlal, counsel for ByteDance, which owns TikTok, and Amicus Curiae Arvind Datar. Datar, according to Bar and Bench, had argued that the ban was not a solution and that the rights of legitimate users should be protected. ByteDance filed an affidavit enumerating the measures taken to filter content on the application.
Tech giants Google and Apple had removed TikTok from their app stores after the Supreme Court refused to stay Madras High Court order asking the Centre to prohibit the download of the Chinese social media platform.
The government asked tech giants Google and Apple to comply with the Madras High Court's order that had banned TikTok.
The Madras High Court, on April 3, had directed the Centre to ban TikTok app. In its order, the Madras HC had said it was evident from media reports that pornography and inappropriate content were made available through such mobile applications.
It had also directed the media not to telecast video clips made with TikTok. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is popular among youngsters in the country. It allows users to create short videos and then share them.
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