New Delhi: On Monday, the interim order by Madras High Court asking the government to ban popular Chinese application TikTok, previously known as Musically, was challenged in the Supreme Court. The top court, however, refused an urgent hearing, as proposed by Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi and said that it will come up in due course.

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Here it is to be noted that last week, the Madras High Court asked the centre to prohibit downloading TikTok Mobile application. The order also directed Media from telecasting the videos made using Chinese App. TikTok, an app for creating and sharing short videos with special effects, has more than 54 million active users in India.

The court said in reply to a petition filed by Madurai senior lawyer Muthu Kumar "The Government has to answer whether the Union of India will enact a statue, like Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, enacted by the United States, to prevent the children becoming cyber/online victims," the judgment order read. "Majority of the teens are playing pranks, gaffing around with duet videos sharing with split screen to the strangers. The children who use the said application are vulnerable to sexual predators,".

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However, it is worth mention here that All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) legislator Thamimun Ansari had demanded a ban on TikTok as accused the app of cultural degradation. The Tamil Nadu IT Minister Manikanandan also said that he will take the matter to centre.