TikTok also assured the Bombay HC that the IT Act has laid down a procedure to filter out any objectionable content online.

The Bombay HC will be meeting again three weeks later to discuss the matter further.

Looking at the fatalities such a challenge could lead to, the Indian government passed an advisory for social media platforms ranging from YouTube to Twitter.

For instance, in January 2020, an 18-year-old boy ended up shooting himself accidentally while posing with a gun for a TikTok video.

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