How millions still continue to use TikTok

TikTok, stuck in a legal tussle, and a ban invoked by the Madras High Court continues to be used extensively in the country with the app’s engagement rates still in millions, people familiar with the developments said.
Officials familiar with the developments at the company said its over 120 million existing users continue to use the app extensively in the country. Tik Tok is currently not available for new downloads on the app stores after the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) asked Apple and Google to disable the downloads of the TikTok app from the App Store and the Google Play Store respectively.
Officials at the company said it is hopeful of a ‘very good outcome’ in the case which has reached the apex court, given the app’s ‘skyrocketing popularity’.