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TikTok may challenge govt ban in court

| Jul 02, 2020, 07:02:23 PM | TOI.in
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TikTok is considering legal options against the ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform in India, two lawyers with direct knowledge of the matter said. They said, it held discussions with a Mumbai-based law firm on how the govt ban could be challenged in courts. However, TikTok declined to comment on the issue. The platform, owned by China-based ByteDance, was one of 59 Chinese mobile applications that the government banned on June 29, accusing them of causing a threat to national security by stealing and transferring the data of Indian users to locations outside the country. One of the lawyers said that TikTok is planning to approach the govt next week with its contention that it did not misuse the data. Depending on the response received from the government, it will initiate legal action. One of the key questions discussed during the meeting with the law firm was whether the government followed due procedure and gave enough time for TikTok to respond to the allegations. Another was if the govt had conducted an investigation before imposing the ban. The government used a provision in the Information Technology Act to initiate action against Tik Tok. Section 69A allows the government to block online content or applications where it believes the content or the platform is a threat to national security.

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