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Google Pulls TikTok From Play Store in India Following Court Order (venturebeat.com)
Google has pulled popular video app TikTok from the Play Store in India following a local court's direction, stoking fear among some activists that this could set a dangerous precedent. From a report: TikTok, which has amassed over 120 million monthly active users in India, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. TikTok, operated by Chinese conglomerate Bytedance, has come under hot water in India in recent weeks after some users complained about inappropriate content, including pornography, on the video service. A high court in Southern state of Tamil Nadu urged the central government to ban the download of TikTok in India earlier this month, alleging that TikTok "encouraged pornography" and risked spoiling the "future of the youngsters and mindset of the children."
Bytedance challenged the state court's order in India's apex Supreme Court last week, asserting that such a move would undermine freedom of speech in the nation. The Supreme Court referred the case back to the state court on Tuesday, thereby rejecting Bytedance's appeal to call off the ban. The government sent a notice to Google and Apple earlier today to pull the app from their respective app stores, preventing any more downloads, as first reported by The Economic Times. Google's Android mobile operating system runs on more than 95% of smartphones in India, according to estimates from research firm Counterpoint. Notably, users who already have TikTok app installed on their Android smartphone can continue to use the service.
Bytedance challenged the state court's order in India's apex Supreme Court last week, asserting that such a move would undermine freedom of speech in the nation. The Supreme Court referred the case back to the state court on Tuesday, thereby rejecting Bytedance's appeal to call off the ban. The government sent a notice to Google and Apple earlier today to pull the app from their respective app stores, preventing any more downloads, as first reported by The Economic Times. Google's Android mobile operating system runs on more than 95% of smartphones in India, according to estimates from research firm Counterpoint. Notably, users who already have TikTok app installed on their Android smartphone can continue to use the service.
Nice to see that the old Oz classics live on, at least in India. Most people these days only know the movie, not the series of books.
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Hit or miss. I guess they never miss. You got a boyfriend I bet he doesn't kiss ya.
I declare Western civilisation to be at its end. We had a good run.
Don't stop, make it pop, DJ, blow my speakers up...
They think they're cleaning things up, but in reality India is the land of perpetual squalor.
People who have enough.porn elsewhere, and only want something gone for other reasons?
Religious fundamentalist child rapists, who project their pervert mindset onto everyone else?
Also, how in the hell could porn videos possibly harm a child? Has anyone ever actually cared to explan this scientifically?
Because I have seen Bucket say more coherent things. And he was trained by 4chan, with his famous quote "Bucket is cancer is cancer is bucket.".
After nyannyancosplay, there was no point in tiktok because non could surpass her.
That's rich...
Dear India:
The British are gone.
You can stop being ashamed of your bodies, and go back to your culture of sexual positivity and enlightenment.
Any fucking time now.
Seriously, you built one of the most beautiful sex-positive cultures over thousands of years, had a thriving culture that had learned to embrace sexuality as something not only normal, but spiritually fulfilling, and then you went and let some asshole imperialists with shitty teeth -- who don't even rule over you anymore -- ruin that in just a few decades.
Shame on you, India, but not for the things you think you should be ashamed of today. You used to be the global center of sexual pride, now you're a bunch of fundies with sticks up your asses. Sexual frustration and rape crimes are through the roof, and it's all your damn fault for capitulating to the English. But hey, I guess all these newfound ideas of "purity" make for great Bollywood plot twists, so... enjoy, I guess?
Sincerely,
The sexual hedonists who are picking up where YOU left off.