A resolution in the Punjab Assembly has sought a complete ban on TikTok to put an end to “obscenity and nudity driving younger generation to immorality”.
Farrukh Javed Moon, an opposition politician, introduced the resolution, which called on the federal government to shut down the video-sharing platform across Pakistan.
According to the text, TikTok was allegedly being misused by what it termed a “TikTok mafia” to promote obscenity and nudity through live chats, drawing children and the younger generation towards immoral activities.
According to the resolution, it was against Islamic values and societal norms for young boys and girls to have indecent conversations and encouraging one another to commit indecent acts.
The document further claimed that the pursuit of “cheap fame and money” on TikTok was luring youth towards destructive trends, thereby creating disorder in society.
It demanded that this house of the provincial assembly appeal to the federal government to immediately ban TikTok and its live chat feature to save the younger generation from moral destruction.
It should be stated that TikTok has already faced temporary bans in Pakistan due to concerns with immoral content, obscenity, and the detrimental impact on users’ moral and mental development.