Explained: How TikTok has users in India despite the ban
TikTok despite the ban saw more monthly active users on the platform than the social networking platform Instagram. January 21, 2021 / 06:32 PM IST
TikTok |Video-sharing social networking app is owned by ByteDance. The platform is used to make short videos of 3 seconds to 1 minute duration. TikTok is hoping to make a comeback in India, after getting banned for months now. (Image: Reuters)
The short video sharing platform TikTok was banned in India on June 29 in 2020, yet the platform is being accessed by many Indians.
The proof of this is data shared by SimilarWeb, an online portal that provides web analytics service. In its report titled Digital Trends – India, December 2020, TikTok despite the ban saw more monthly active users on the platform than the social networking platform Instagram.
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Along with its community operations team, the social media giant has an AI tool that picks up phrases or words that signal distress or trouble in posts as well as comments to alert authorities or get help to the person. January 07, 2021 / 03:19 PM IST
On January 3, 2021, a 23-year-old Mumbai youth’s decision to live-stream his suicide on Facebook ended up saving his life. Alerted by a Facebook team in Ireland, the Mumbai Police rushed to his home, pushed open the door and took the unconscious man to the hospital within an hour of the bid.