Google Blocks TikTok In India After Court Order;
Google has complied with an Indian court order to block access to the popular app TikTok over government concerns with illicit content, according to a person familiar with the decision. The move could handicap the app's owner, China's Bytedance Ltd., the world's most highly valued startup, in one of its most promising markets.
- Google has complied with an Indian court order to block access to the popular app TikTok over government concerns with illicit content, according to a person familiar with the decision.
- A court had earlier asked the federal government to ban TikTok, citing concerns the video-sharing mobile app exposed children to troubling content, including pornography.
- A Bytedance spokeswoman declined to comment on the app store decisions, but provided a statement from TikTok India: "We have faith in the Indian judicial system," the company said.
- Reuters reported earlier on TikTok's removal from Google's app store in India.