Here's why a growing number of youngsters in India are addicted to TikTok and how you can delete your TikTok account for good

TikTok has been fighting one crisis after or in India for quite some time w. Of late, viral video-making app has caught massive attention for its excessive diction among youth, leing to tragic incidents and controversies across country.

Every w and n, netizens seem to hold TikTok accountable for kind of videos, especially those violating TikTok's community guidelines, being uploed by its users on platform and demand a ban on app. Earlier, TikTok was briefly banned by Mras High Court's Murai bench over concerns of "encouraging porgraphy" through its platform. ban was later revoked and TikTok promised to improve overall app experience and environment. TikTok also has community guidelines in place to prevent users from uploing videos that are harmful, shocking, hateful, discriminatory, porgraphic, misleing, etc. You can re TikTok's full community guidelines here.

Despite that, TikTok diction has led to many shocking incidents and controversies in country. Recently, a 23-year-old woman committed suicide in a TikTok video after her husband scolded her for her TikTok diction. w, this is extent to which diction to TikTok has reached in India where youngsters are often seen endangering ir lives by filming shocking stunts for mere TikTok videos, such as this.

Why is TiKTok so dictive?

One of main reasons why TikTok is so dictive in nature has to be way it connects to youth. Numerous studies have shown in past that youngsters have been fleeing Facebook in favour of Instagram, Snapchat and w TikTok. While Facebook is fighting its own battle against its never-ending privacy woes, spreing of hate speech and election propaganda, TikTok has successfully mand to connect with youngsters by offering m exactly what y crave: Instant fame and entertainment.

While reasons behind TikTok's diction could be many, content creators often risk ir lives for such on-camera publicity stunts to draw more viewership and attention to ir videos on social media platforms. And we have seen users gaining an extraordinary fan following with help of content that people want to consume and while doing that, many content creators on video platforms like TikTok and YouTube often seem to overstep certain boundaries of safety, ethics and common sense. 

How to delete your TikTok account

TikTok lets users get rid of ir TikTok account completely and lose access to your account and videos you have uploed. So before you make up your mind and delete your TikTok account, re are a few things you need to want to kw. Once you have deleted your TikTok account, you will longer be able to log back in same account. What's more, you will lose access to all videos you have uploed on platform. In case you have purchased something, you will t be refunded on any items you have purchased within TikTok. Your previous chat messs will continue to remain visible to recipients.

1. Go to your profile p
2. Tap on top right corner and select “Privacy and Settings”
3. Select “Man My Account”
4. Tap on “Thinking about removing your account?”
5. Follow on-screen instructions

w, your TikTok account will longer be available on platform.

"Deleting your account is a permanent and irreversible move. After an account is deleted, re is option for recovery," TikTok states on its support p.