CHENNAI:

information technology minister

on Tuesday announced that the state government would request the Centre to ban

, a

for sharing short videos.

Manikandan was responding to Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi legislator Thamimun Ansari’s demand that the app be banned. Participating in the debate on budget, Ansari said TikTok was degrading culture and encouraging pornography, besides causing law and order trouble. “We have social responsibility. The state has to ban immediately,” he said.

The minister said the remarks were acceptable. “Various sections are demanding ban on this mobile application. We will soon seek a ban on TikTok, just like the Blue Whale game was banned by the Centre,” he said.

PMK leader S Ramadoss also demanded that the viral

application be banned as it was aiding cultural degradation.

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