NEW DELHI: TikTok said it stays committed to "continuously enhancing" safety features for its 120 million customers in India after the Madras top court on Wednesday lifted ban on the short-video app. The Madras HC has lifted its previous ban on the Chinese short-video app with the condition that the content material hosted the use of it should be unfastened from obscene movies of kids and ladies.
It additionally warned the corporate that if any debatable video violating its stipulations is located posted the use of the app, it will be regarded as as contempt of court.
The Madras HC had on April 3 directed the Centre to prohibit the Chinese app voicing fear over "pornographic and inappropriate content" being made to be had thru such apps. After the Supreme Court refused to stay the Madras HC order, tech giants Google and Apple had removed TikTok from their app retail outlets in India to ban further downloads of the app.
"We are glad about this decision and we believe it is also greatly welcomed by our thriving community in India, who use TikTok as a platform to showcase their creativity," TikTok said in a observation.
It added that the corporate's efforts to fight in opposition to misuse of the platform has been recognised.
"The work is never done on our end. We are committed to continuously enhancing our safety features as a testament to our ongoing commitment to our users in India," it said.
E-mails sent to Apple and Google enquiring the duration it will take for the app to be restored on the app retail outlets did not elicit any reaction.
TikTok's parent company Bytedance has said that it stays "very optimistic" in regards to the Indian marketplace and plans to invest $1 billion in the nation over the following 3 years.
Bytedance, which additionally gives platforms like Helo and Vigo Video in India, additionally plans to increase the choice of workers in India to one,000 individuals by the top of this yr and about 25 according to cent of those roles shall be in content material moderation.
In a up to date interview to , ByteDance director (world public policy) Helena Lersch had said the corporate already has a content material moderation group in India and that it's strengthening the group further.
"First is a tech approach -- a machine learning tool that filters content and then it goes to a content moderation team. In India, the team speaks 14 languages. I think it is fundamentally important that the team is based in the country and speaks local languages to make culturally relevant decisions," she had said.
TikTok previously said round six million movies had been taken off its platform for violating the corporate's community pointers.
India is a essential marketplace for social media platforms given the massive population of one.3 billion folks.
With increasing availability of inexpensive smartphones and inexpensive data plans, the rustic could also be the biggest cell data shopper marketplace globally -- a possibility that global tech corporations are vying to tap into.
It additionally warned the corporate that if any debatable video violating its stipulations is located posted the use of the app, it will be regarded as as contempt of court.
The Madras HC had on April 3 directed the Centre to prohibit the Chinese app voicing fear over "pornographic and inappropriate content" being made to be had thru such apps. After the Supreme Court refused to stay the Madras HC order, tech giants Google and Apple had removed TikTok from their app retail outlets in India to ban further downloads of the app.
"We are glad about this decision and we believe it is also greatly welcomed by our thriving community in India, who use TikTok as a platform to showcase their creativity," TikTok said in a observation.
It added that the corporate's efforts to fight in opposition to misuse of the platform has been recognised.
"The work is never done on our end. We are committed to continuously enhancing our safety features as a testament to our ongoing commitment to our users in India," it said.
E-mails sent to Apple and Google enquiring the duration it will take for the app to be restored on the app retail outlets did not elicit any reaction.
TikTok's parent company Bytedance has said that it stays "very optimistic" in regards to the Indian marketplace and plans to invest $1 billion in the nation over the following 3 years.
Bytedance, which additionally gives platforms like Helo and Vigo Video in India, additionally plans to increase the choice of workers in India to one,000 individuals by the top of this yr and about 25 according to cent of those roles shall be in content material moderation.
In a up to date interview to , ByteDance director (world public policy) Helena Lersch had said the corporate already has a content material moderation group in India and that it's strengthening the group further.
"First is a tech approach -- a machine learning tool that filters content and then it goes to a content moderation team. In India, the team speaks 14 languages. I think it is fundamentally important that the team is based in the country and speaks local languages to make culturally relevant decisions," she had said.
TikTok previously said round six million movies had been taken off its platform for violating the corporate's community pointers.
India is a essential marketplace for social media platforms given the massive population of one.3 billion folks.
With increasing availability of inexpensive smartphones and inexpensive data plans, the rustic could also be the biggest cell data shopper marketplace globally -- a possibility that global tech corporations are vying to tap into.
We remain committed to continuously enhancing safety features for users: TikTok
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