The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on April 15 a plea challenging a Madras High Court order that directed the Centre to ban the “TikTok” app over concerns about access to pornographic content through it. The apex court on April 8 refused urgent listing of the plea. The High Court on April 3 directed the Centre to ban mobile application “TikTok” as it voiced concern over the “pornographic and inappropriate content” being made available through such apps. The High Court’s interim order came on a public interest litigation (PIL) which alleged that the app encouraged paedophiles and the content “degraded culture and encouraged pornography”. Voicing concern, the court had said that it was evident from media reports that pornography and inappropriate content were made available through such mobile applications.

Source: The Hindu April 09, 2019 11:15 UTC