Just the way steps were taken to curb the growing instances of youngsters taking to the Blue Whale Challenge, Nagapattinam MLA Thamimun Ansari requested in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that the lip-sync app - TikTok - should be banned in the state, as according to him, the app creates law and order problems and many obscene activities take place on it.

Responding to this request, Information Technology Minister M Manikandan said the state government would recommend the Centre to ban the app, but did not provide any information regarding the possible timeline. Thamimun Ansari told TNM, "Many school and college students are using the app. They and their families are getting affected by it, it's ripping them apart," he said.