Lahore: A constitutional petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court seeking a ban on the social media app TikTok.
The petitioner’s stance is that obscene content is being continuously uploaded on the app, which is ruining the minds of the young generation. A citizen has filed a constitutional petition in the Lahore High Court seeking a ban on the popular social media application TikTok.
The petition states that obscene content is being constantly uploaded on TikTok, which is leading the young generation astray. The youth is being misguided and many young people have lost their lives while making videos on TikTok. It should be banned. Citizen Rana Usman Anwar has made PTA, the federal government, and others, party to the case through the assistance of advocate Suhail Ahmed Sheikh. The petition also states that according to Article 5 of the Constitution, every citizen is bound to be loyal to the state. TikTok has already been banned in many countries.
It is notable that TikTok has been banned several times in Pakistan in the past on various pretexts, however, the ban only lasted a few days.
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