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TopicTikTok

Topic: TikTok

TikTok, WeChat were banned by armed forces much before Modi govt blocked them

The Army earlier this month had come up with an updated list of 89 apps, saying they would be banned for use. The list included TikTok, WeChat, Zoom, and even Facebook.

Sanjay Jha’s ‘TikTok’ warning, NaMo’s privacy & the next app that should be banned…

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

TikTok caught spying on iPhone users in India and around the world

TikTok claimed in April that it would stop the ‘invasive practice’, but users testing Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 have caught it copying from clipboard functions.

‘Remove China Apps’ becomes Google Play Store’s top free app amid LAC standoff 

The app has been developed by Jaipur-based OneTouchAppLabs. It was launched on 17 May and has been downloaded over 10 lakh times since then.

Milind Soman to ‘Nazma Aapi’, Indians slam TikTok for censorship and call for boycott

New Delhi: Comedian Saloni Gaur has called out short video platform TikTok for removing the video of her sketch on the India-China border standoff...

This ‘swadeshi’ TikTok by IIT engineer has got 50 lakh downloads within month of launch

MitronTV looks and feels like TikTok, and offers users a similar platform for short videos. Its launch is aimed at challenging foreign domination in the Indian social media sphere.

‘Working for China?’: Maneka Gandhi slams TikTok over animal cruelty videos on platform

In response to a complaint by BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, TikTok said it had taken down videos depicting animal cruelty, but Gandhi has demanded more stringent action.

TikTok sensation streams video of his house, clothes to prove he is not ‘faking’ poverty

Arman Rathod's video on 15 May, where he is seen dancing to the Hrithik Roshan song 'you are my soniya', went viral on social media.

Bad rating to TikTok on Play Store is easy. Harder to act on rape culture in Indian schools

Social media platforms should be held accountable for hate speech, but demanding a TikTok ban proves that your anger is misplaced and your approach is myopic.

TikTok’s Play Store rating drops to 2 after app carries video ‘glorifying’ acid attack

The hashtag #BanTikTok started trending after popular TikToker Faizal Siddiqui's video on 'acid attack' went viral on social media.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.