The future of TikTok in Kenya hangs in the balance as a petition to ban the popular social media platform has been tabled.
peaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula says the petition by Bob Ndolo, an executive officer of the Briget Connect Consultancy, cites explicit content and lack of privacy among others.
“The content that is being shared on the platform is inappropriate thus promoting violence, explicit sexual content, hate speech, vulgar language, offensive behavior which is a serious threat to the cultural and religious values of Kenya,” Wetangula said, quoting the petition.
The petitioner, Wetangula said, avers that in Kenya, the internet application is not regulated by the Communications Authority of Kenya leading to the failure to remove or block content that is offensive.
The Chinese-based social media app that is popular among the GenZ’s has faced challenges, particularly in the US where it is accused of being a surveillance tool.
