State minister for information technology M Manikandan told the state assembly on Monday that the Tamil Nadu government will take appropriate steps to get the Chinese mobile app ‘Tik Tok’ banned. The app named 'Tik Tok' is mostly used by youth to create and share short videos
The minister was responding to a plea by Thameemun Ansari of Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi (MJK), who claimed that the younger generation is hooked to the Tik Tok app and is getting pushed on the path of cultural degeneration. He also drew attention to the unchecked spread of sexually explicit content and morphing of innocent people faces, especially women, through the app. Sharing the member concern, the minister said the state would take up the issue with the Centre for necessary action.
In Salem city, police had issued advisories to schools and parents to keep a check on students while they log on to the app. This followed large-scale complaints from parents that pictures of schoolgirls on Tik Tok were morphed with erotic content and were being circulated on the internet. Police have suggested counselling sessions for students at home and in the schools. In a tragic instance, a youth who was tried to act as if he was committing suicide by slitting his throat for a Tik Tok video, lost his life.
Though there is a bar on those below the age of 12 years from using this app, children are addicted to it. Most of the content released on this is singing and dancing to popular numbers with stimulating body movements.