The Parliamentary Committee on Home Ministry has recommended the ban on short-form video platform TikTok app. This recommendation was made in the committee meeting held at Sangsad Bhavan today.
In the meeting chaired by the president of the parliamentary committee, Shamsul Haque Tuku, the member of the committee, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Md. Habibur Rahman, Samchul Alam Dudu, Kujendra Lal Tripura, Noor Mohammad, Sultan Mohammad Mansoor Ahmad and Rumana Ali participated. In the meeting, there was a detailed discussion about TikTok app.
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According to the sources of the meeting, the president of the committee, Shamsul Haque Tuku, said in the meeting, "TikTok is being discussed and criticized." This app is being used negatively. "Various acts of violence, rumors and misinformation are being spread." Later, he recommended the app to be closed.
On the other hand, National Telecommunication Monitoring Center (NTMC) Director General Major General Ziaul Ahsan said that 80 percent of the internet used by young people in Bangladesh is spent on the TikTok app. This platform is used to spread vindictive, misinformation and hate speech. It has more negative uses than positive ones.
He said that a letter has already been sent to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to stop the TikTok app with all kinds of information.