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Why was it necessary to ban these applications?
GOI banned 59 Ch!nese mobile apps on Monday, including the most used “TikTok”, citing National $ecurity concerns.
As per research, up to one third of TikTok’s global users are based in India.1/n
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Why was it necessary to ban these applications?
GOI banned 59 Ch!nese mobile apps on Monday, including the most used “TikTok”, citing National $ecurity concerns.
As per research, up to one third of TikTok’s global users are based in India.1/n
#tiktokbanindia
TEENS with a deadly addiction to social media are killing themselves after being dragged into the dark side of #TikTok.
There have been 41 deaths linked to the #TikTok app.
Reasons: Gruesome stunts, Suicide videos and peer pressure for fame.
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There have been 41 deaths linked to the #TikTok app.
Reasons: Gruesome stunts, Suicide videos and peer pressure for fame.
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Lets recap the number of mishaps which has happened bec of this app. There are many people who have lost their lives because of the peer pressure to get famous or gain followers on #TikTok . Look at the few accidents below 
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A 17 year old boy died in Pirganj Malda, in a STUNT #tiktok video he and couple of his friends were shooting went horribly wrong. He was tied to an electricity pole,his face covered with a plastic bag,while other were filming him trying to escape, but the boy suffocated to de@th.
An 18 year old boy in UP Bareilly an Armyman's son accidentally shot himself while shooting a TikTok video.
The incident took place when the boy, asked his mother to give him her licen$ed pistol. Trying to pose with a gun the pistol went off and the bullet hit him and died.
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The incident took place when the boy, asked his mother to give him her licen$ed pistol. Trying to pose with a gun the pistol went off and the bullet hit him and died.
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A 24 year old commits suicide after being bullied for dressing up as a woman on #TikTok
Bullied and ridiculed by his friends on #TikTok for “dressing up in women attires” he jumped before a train and committed suicide in Chennai
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Bullied and ridiculed by his friends on #TikTok for “dressing up in women attires” he jumped before a train and committed suicide in Chennai
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Another disturbing recent incident, it was claimed TikTok waited nearly three hours to tell police it was aware of a suicide that had been live-streamed of A 19-year-old Brazilian took his own life.
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His suicide video remained on TikTok for an hour-and-a-half and received nearly 500 comments and 15 complaints before it was finally taken down.
It was only four hours after the teen's death and nearly three hours after TikTok found out that police were finally alerted
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It was only four hours after the teen's death and nearly three hours after TikTok found out that police were finally alerted
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Even more disturbing, some killed themselves after they were banned from using TikTok highlighting a shocking addiction to social media.
An example when a mother of two from India, filmed herself ingesting poison after reportedly being banned from #TikTok
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An example when a mother of two from India, filmed herself ingesting poison after reportedly being banned from #TikTok
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But suicide isn't the only thing killing youngsters on TikTok - with a string of teens dying in a gruesome bloodbath after trying to copy stunts.
In one horror incident, a teenager and his friend were killed by a train while making a clip on train tracks in India.
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In one horror incident, a teenager and his friend were killed by a train while making a clip on train tracks in India.
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The KIKI challenge:
An 18 year old suffered a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain after she fell and hit her head while attempting the Kiki challenge, where you jump out of a car and dance on the KIKI song.
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An 18 year old suffered a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain after she fell and hit her head while attempting the Kiki challenge, where you jump out of a car and dance on the KIKI song.
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The PASS OUT CHALLENGE #TikTok
Teenagers are taking onTikTok to participate in the “pass out” challenge, where they shake their head back and forth in an attempt to lose consciousness. The reality of this dangerous “challenge” is that it can result in death
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Teenagers are taking onTikTok to participate in the “pass out” challenge, where they shake their head back and forth in an attempt to lose consciousness. The reality of this dangerous “challenge” is that it can result in death
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Skullbreaker Craze:
The "Skull Breaker Challenge" is the latest viral craze to hit the platform and it is having potentially deadly consequences.
A 12 year old boy took part in the challenge, resulting in an emergency visit to hospital with two broken bones.
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The "Skull Breaker Challenge" is the latest viral craze to hit the platform and it is having potentially deadly consequences.
A 12 year old boy took part in the challenge, resulting in an emergency visit to hospital with two broken bones.
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A couple of kids had called him over and told him to jump as high as he could. When he did, they kicked his legs up from underneath him.
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Even a #tiktok influencer have million of followers nearly drowns after getting trapped under ice filming TikTok video. He posted a clip Monday of himself swimming beneath a sheet of ice and not being able to find a way out and said “Never been this close to dying"
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In fact, there have been so many incidents India has now removed TikTok from app stores despite having more than 120 million users in the country.
This is the best step to stop this nuisance on social media.
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#tiktokbanindia #tiktokbanned #TikTok
This is the best step to stop this nuisance on social media.
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#tiktokbanindia #tiktokbanned #TikTok
Forget India China Face off, even it did not happen, will you be allowing your children to be active on such a dangerous social media platform?
Where people post fake videos, do dangerous stunts just for the sake of few followers and likes?
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Where people post fake videos, do dangerous stunts just for the sake of few followers and likes?
#tiktokbanindia #tiktokbanned
Here are the top 5 reasons for banning #TikTok
1) Dangerous Stunts
2)Political censorship
3) Blocked content
4) Security concerns
5) Stranger danger
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1) Dangerous Stunts
2)Political censorship
3) Blocked content
4) Security concerns
5) Stranger danger
#tiktokbanned #tiktokbanindia
