It began when TikTok creator Amir Siddiqui posted a video on Instagram calling out YouTubers. In his video, Siddiqui accused YouTubers of plagiarizing TikTok content material and dropping out on model endorsements. Fashionable roaster Ajey Nagar, often known as CarryMinati, lashed out towards Siddiqui’s video on YouTube, which was later taken down for violating the platform’s phrases of service. The video that registered thousands and thousands of views was expletive-laden.
After his video was deleted on YouTube, his followers began a development #RoastNahiFryKarunga and #BanTikTok on Twitter. #BanTikTokInIndia, #TikTokdown, #TikTokexposed had been additionally trending on the micro-blogging platform.
Twitter noticed an explosion of memes concentrating on TikTok and Amir Siddique, urging folks to downgrade the app. A number of anti-China and TikTok critics have jumped on the bandwagon asking for a ban on the Chinese language platform, accusing its creators of selling violence, hate, and acid assaults.
Whereas hashtags asking for a ban on TikTok usually are not new, the latest marketing campaign not solely targets the ByteDance-owned platform but in addition its creators, who largely hail from smaller cities in India. Proper-wing activists, together with Vikas Pandey, have accused the platform of selling terrorism, Islamic conversion, and vulgar movies.
Electronic mail despatched to TikTok didn’t elicit a response.
TikTok has greater than 200 million customers in India and stays one of the crucial well-liked social media apps within the nation. It has been downloaded greater than 2 billion occasions globally on the App Retailer and Google Play, in accordance with Sensor Tower Retailer Intelligence’s newest estimates.