Petition to ban TikTok filed in Lahore High Court
Advocate Nadeem requested the court to order Federal government to draft privacy protection act.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – A petition to ban the famous social media app TikTok was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on August 3 citing obscenity and time wastage issues.
According to the details, petitioner Advocate Nadeem Sarwar took a stance that TikTok was spreading vulgarity along with wasting the time and money of the youth. He added that TikTok was further giving rise to blackmailing and harassment in society.
He requested the court to order Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to ban the app and Federal government to draft a privacy protection act to protect the younger generation from the negative effects of social media.
Applicant Nadeem made Federal government, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) parties to the petition calling for a ban on the TikTok. “The court should stop the PEMRA from broadcasting TikTok videos,” Advocate Nadeem expressed.
It may be recalled that earlier in 2019, the Indian government had asked Google and Apple to take down popular Chinese short-video mobile application TikTok, said a report by Economic Times.
The development came when a court in Tamil Nadu ordered the Indian central government to prohibit TikTok downloads, saying the app was encouraging pornography and could expose children to sexual predators.
TikTok is a social media app for short-form mobile videos launched in China in September 2016 as ‘Douyin’ and one year later, it was introduced to globally as ‘TikTok’.
