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Google blocks the Chinese TikTok app in India following a court order

Google blocked access to India’s hugely popular TikTok video app to comply  with a state court directive banning downloads, a person with direct knowledge of the issue told Reuters on Tuesday. The move comes hours after a court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu  denied a request by Bytedance Technology from China to suspend a ban on its  TikTok app, putting its future in doubt in one of its key markets. The state court had on April 3 asked the federal government to ban TikTok, saying it encouraged pornography and made child users vulnerable to sexual predators. Its ruling came after an individual launched public interest…