Madras High Court has officially lifted ban on TikTok, the popular video sharing platform.
TikTok, the popular social app owned by China’s ByteDance, is no longer banned in India after the Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench lifted the interim order on Wednesday. The popular short-video making app will soon be available for download on the official Google Play Store and Apple App Store across India.
The latest verdict follows a state court order asking the federal government to ban TikTok on April 3 for encouraging pornography and exposing young children to sexual predators, post which the Supreme Court asked Google and Apple to prohibit further downloads from respective app stores in India. Even though Google and Apple removed the app from the Play Store and App Store, respectively, TikTok was still allowed to be used in India.
The ban on TikTok did not completely stop users from downloading the app as third-party sites hosting APK files allowed Android users to get TikTok app regardless of the ban.
