chennai tamil nadu information technology minister m manikandan on tuesday announced that the state government would request the centre to ban tiktok a mobile app for sharing short videosmanikandan was responding to manithaneya jananayaga katchi legislator thamimun ansaris demand that the app be banned for degrading culture and encouraging pornography besides causing law and order problems various sections are demanding a ban on this mobile application we will soon seek a ban on tiktok just like the ban on the blue whale game by the centre the minister saida tiktok spokesman said the company has robust measures to prevent misuse and easy mechanism to report contents that violate its terms of useapp popular among women college studentstiktok earlier known as musically created by a chinese company has also come under attack after a 20yearold bengaluru students videos shot on the app were obscenely misrepresented to troll her and pmk founder s ramadoss demanded that the application be banned because of the cultural degradation it was causingin erode district functionaries of the arunthathiyar ilaingar peravai petitioned collector c kathiravan on tuesday demanding a ban on the video app across the country its state organiser n r vadivel said the chinabased tik tok was getting popular among women and youngsters particularly college studentshowever young users of the app and netizens in the city have expressed ire at the governments move seeking to ban the application rather than finding ways to effectively regulate content onlinefor 23yearold actor mrinalini ravi tik tok has acted as a launchpad into the film industry i uploaded my tik tok videos online and was noticed by film directors it led me to several offers and has opened similar avenues for many others looking for a breakthrough into the industry as well there are many benefits of a platform like this and one must focus on these positives because misuse happens throughout the cyber world and a ban is not the solution she saysa large chunk of young users subscribing to tik tok do it for pure entertainment and feel that it is being overrated by authorities its a lighthearted way to express oneself and share it with friends there are far more serious issues unfolding online and educating young users of these threats and finding ways to curb them is a better way to ensure safety online says 30yearold entrepreneur deepti nirmalowned by chinese tech company bytedance tiktok is used to create and share short videos it was launched in india in 2017in a short span of time the app became a hit among youtha recent report by app intelligence firm sensor tower pegged india to be the bestperforming region for tik tok accounting for 27 of new tiktok installs between december 2017 and dec 2018 the country has seen downloads of the app increase nearly 25 times during that time from 13 million to 323 million the report saidreacting to the allegations spokesperson for tiktok said at tiktok maintaining a safe and positive inapp environment is