TIK TOK MOBILE APP NEEDS TO BE REGULATED :SAYS ORRISA HC

The Orissa HC said that tik tok mobile app needs to be properly regulated as some of its content encourages unacceptable culture and pornography which causes negative impact on small kids or say teenagers mind.

Justice SK Panigrahi observed such degrading culture which influences the tender mind of teenagers and therefore speaks about regulations to be imposed on this popular application.

The observation came out while disposing of a bail petition involving a suicide case in Sambalpur district and therefore court suggests that burden should be put on such companies which are proliferating such apps.

The allegation against the accused was that she and her co- accused directly and mentally tortured her husband. The co-accused had sent some private intimate tiktok videos to deceased husband which were also believed to be streamed online.

By Ritika Negi