Published 10:23 IST, May 19th 2020
TikTok in big trouble; NCW to seek total ban amid objectionable videos & effect on youth
NCW Chief Rekha Sharma will be writing to Centre to ban TikTok as the app is 'leading youngsters towards unproductive life' besides having objectionable content
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After row over derogatory content on social media platform TikTok, National Commission for Women (NCW) Chief Rekha Sharma has said she will be writing to government of India to ban TikTok as app is leading youngsters towards 'unproductive life', besides having 'objectionable videos'.
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She tweeted in response to BJP leader Tajinder Singh Bagga who brought her attention to ar video which allegedly promoted rape, after objectionable videos promoting acid attacks and love jihad.
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Earlier, Rekha Sharma took te of Tajinder Bagga's tweet where he tagged her to bring her attention to a video promoting acid attacks against women. video was posted by TikTok content creator Faizal Siddiqui who has a huge following of over 13.4 million TikTok users. Considering consequences of such videos, NCW had written to Director General of Police, Maharashtra to take action against an objectionable video that promoted acid attack. TikTok was forced to remove objectionable video posted by Faizal Siddique.
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Faizal Siddiqui is a member of team nawab and bror of Amir Siddiqui. His bror Amir has recently been in web of controversies after he made a lengthy TikTok video where he gave his opinion on why TikTok is better and has more content than YouTube. He tagged all major Youtubers' names on his video including CarryMinati. In response to this, Youtuber CarryMinati posted a w-deleted roast video titled YouTube vs TikTok – End. video became an internet sensation as YouTuber expressed his opinion about feud that creators of two platforms had against each or. YouTube later removed video based on its harassment policy it had updated in December 2019 stating that y will t tolerate harassment.
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10:23 IST, May 19th 2020