抖音海外版在印度將遭封殺？印度立法者：會讓青少年墮落

Indian lawmakers call for TikTok ban, alleging spread of 『cultural degradation』 among teens

印度立法者呼籲禁止使用抖音，聲稱青少年中存在「文化退化」的現象

來源：The Verge科技資訊網站 翻譯：世界播

TikTok usage in India has led teens and young adults to participate in acts of 「cultural degradation,」 according to Indian lawmakers, who are asking the government to take action against the app.

印度立法者稱，抖音在印度的使用導致青少年和年輕人捲入「文化退化」的行為，他們要求政府對該應用採取行動。

The government appears to be listening. M. Manikandan, information technology minister of the Indian state Tamil Nadu, said the state government will recommend that TikTok be banned in Tamil Nadu, according to a report from The Economic Times. Nagapattinam lawmaker Thamimun Ansari raised the issue in the Central Legislative Assembly, telling TheEconomic Times, 「I raised an issue forwarded to me by community welfare workers that the mobile application (TikTok) was acting as a platform for heated debates inimical to law and order, and sharing of sexually-explicit material.」

政府似乎聽進去了。印度泰米爾納德邦信息技術部長M.Manikdan說，州政府將建議在泰米爾納德邦禁止抖音，《經濟時報》報道。納加帕蒂南議員Thamimun Ansari在中央立法會議上提出了這一問題，並告訴《經濟時報》。我提出了一個由社區福利工作者轉發給我的問題，即手機軟體（抖音)正在充當平台，一個提供不利於法律和秩序的激烈辯論和性信息共享的平台。」

Concern over harmful and extreme content spreading on TikTok isn』t a new issue. Users around the world have encountered different forms of extremist content while using the app, including anti-Semitic content and racist videos. Lawmakers in India grew particularly concerned after sexually explicit content — including references to possible deepfake videos — and extreme cases of bullying were reported. A story from?The?New Indian Expressreported that in December 2018, 36 teens spoke to crisis lines about experiencing cyberbullying on TikTok. One person even reportedly committed suicide following bullying over videos posted on TikTok.

關注有害和極端的內容在抖音上傳播並不是一個新問題。世界各地的用戶在使用該應用程序時遇到了不同形式的極端主義內容，包括反猶太主義內容和種族主義視頻。印度立法者尤其擔心的是性方面的明確內容-包括提到可能存在的深度假視頻-以及一些極端的欺凌事件。《新印度快報》報道，2018年12月，有36名青少年危機熱線講述了在抖音上經歷的網路霸凌。據說一個人甚至觀看抖音霸凌視頻後自殺。

While the issue doesn』t just affect users in India, a large portion of TikTok』s user base does live in India and other Asian countries. There are 20 million active users in India alone, according to statistics from January. A TikTok representative told The Verge the company was in the process of hiring a chief nodal officer based out of India in order 「to better coordinate with law enforcement agencies.」

雖然這個問題不僅影響到印度的用戶，但是抖音的大部分用戶確實生活在印度和其他亞洲國家。確實有。1月份的統計數據就表明，印度擁有2000萬活躍用戶。抖音代表告訴《The Verge》，公司正在招聘一名總部設在印度的首席節點官，以便「更好地與執法機構協調」。

「We have robust measures to protect users against misuse, including easy reporting mechanisms that enable users and law enforcement to report content that violates our terms of use and community guidelines,」 the representative added.

這位代表補充說：「我們有強有力的措施防止用戶濫用軟體，包括簡單的舉報機制，使用戶和執法部門能夠報告違反我們的使用條款和社區指南的內容。」

In spite of that, Ansari told The Economic Times that if the government does not ban the app, he and his team 「will follow up this issue seeking better regulation.」

儘管如此， Ansari 告訴《經濟時報》如果政府不禁止這款應用，他和他的團隊「將跟進這個問題，尋求更好的監管。」

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