Lawmakers are saying that the wildly popular app tik tok has led to teens and young adults
participating in acts of cultural degredation.
They want the app to be completely banned in their country because of this.
Maybe if this comes to pass, other countries will follow.
Could this mean the beginning of the end of tik tok?
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There are a lot of shady things that go down on tik tok.
There is a lot of concern about the amount of extreme content, as well as sexually explicit
content on the app.
There are violent extremists and anti semetic content.
This is kind of a scary thing considering tik tok’s userbase is primarily kids, teens
and young adults.
And it seems like lawmakers are starting to take notice, most notably in india.
Information technology minister of the indian state tamil nadu, Manikandan wants the app
banned in his state.
And now other lawmakers in india are following in his footsteps.
Thaminmun Ansari told the Central Legislative Assembly, ‘I raised an issue forwarded to
me by community welfare workers that the mobile application tik tok was acting as a platform
for heated tdebates inimical to law and order and sharing of sexually explicit material.
Lawmakers are extremely concerned about the deepfake problem on tik tok, as well as the
staggering amount of bullying cases on the app.
According to a report from the New Indian Express, 36 teens contacted crisis lines about
cyberbullying that they had experienced on the app.
One person took their own life as a result of this bullying because so many people were
mocking the videos they would post on the app.
While speaking to the indian express, Ansari said the following ‘ look at saudia Arabia
or china, they all have a system to restrict such apps.
Most of the tik tok videos are nothing but dances and songs presented in a vulgar way.
Tik tok is extremely popular in Asian countries, including india.
20 million people in india use tik tok according to January statistics.
That’s a lot of people who wouldn’t be able to use the app.
A tik tok rep has said that they plan to hire a chief nodal officer based entirely in india
to better coordinate with law enforcement agencies.
They cited the fact that they have implemented measures to protect people against misuse,
like easy reporting mechanisms that enable users and law enforcement agencies to report
content that violates their terms of use and community guidelines.
India’s culture and stance around promiscuity is a lot different than western countries.
I can’t see western countries banning tik tok over the sexually explicit content.
I can see countries banning tik tok over the bullying problem that’s so apparent on the
app.
Bullying is more of a culture on tik tok than it is on youtube and that’s saying a lot.
It’s a lot more severe than an app like instagram where the most someone can do is
post a negative comment.
When its just a negative comment, it’s a lot easier to dismiss a bully on instagram.
You can even block certain keywords like ugly or fat using customized so that you never
even see mean comments like that.
. On tik tok, someone can respond to your post with another video.
You actually see the person’s face while they are insulting you.
It holds a lot more weight.
It hurts more.
And whats more is, you cant stop someone from responding to your video, you can only block
them after they have bullied you.
Anyways guys, that’s my two cents, tell me, do you think tik tok should be banned?
Let me know in the comments.
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troll.
Phantom Claw – who needs the news on tv when we have Io to watch.
Pugsley Arnold – I love these videos.
I watch all of them and im so happy when a new video comes out.
Awww aren’t you just the cutest.
Eva Genesi – how many holes does a straw have.
Ummm that’s a good question.
is it like,, one hole on each end?
So too?
Or just one hole through the whole thing?
MY BRAIN HURTS.
Nkkm – you taught me more about history than any of my teachers tried teaching me
for 10 years.
Awww its because I love history.
Favourite subject.
Especially history of costume and fashion, history of rock and roll and history of architecture.
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Yes I noticed.
Actually johnny doesn’t wear makeup, I wear very little.
Especially when I have eyelash extensions.