The SC ban on TikTok downloads has sparked off a war of words on Twitter between two heavyweight personalities of the digital world. While Kubbra Sait praised the ban on TikTok, describing the spate of TikTok videos as a state of derangement, Vikas Gupta answered back with polite but scathing words, standing up for TikTok content creators.
I can’t begin to express my joy to hearing about Tik Tok being banned in India. The state of derangement was exceedingly painful.
I haven’t been happier about a ban.— Kubbra Sait (@KubbraSait) April 17, 2019
State of derangement is extremely painful for the people who have to live in the environment of the mentally ill. With all due respect some of the people making these Tiktoks or musically are as talented an artist as you are if not more. Coming from an artist of your caliber it’s https://t.co/4QlNAi2xtq
— Vikas Gupta (@lostboy54) April 18, 2019
Very dissapointing. Content made on any platform can be good and bad. Be it Television, Films, Web series or theatre for that matter or Tiktok. Some of the amazing work done by Individuals on Tiktok can be at par with the so called good work on either of the platforms ?
— Vikas Gupta (@lostboy54) April 18, 2019
& about the state of derangement, in the search column of #Tiktok type Family and you might find some 2 billion videos including parents kids acting together to 80 years olds dancing to just plain funny videos. Yes there are bad content also but that’s on tv films and web aswell
— Vikas Gupta (@lostboy54) April 18, 2019
& finally coming to the artists working day in and out to create multiple 15 seconder content is one of the toughest things to do. @jannat_zubair29 @HeyAhsaasChanna #AvneetKaur #Faisalshiekh #Ashikabhatia #siddharthNigam list is huge and all of them put their heart and head with
— Vikas Gupta (@lostboy54) April 18, 2019
Dedication and commitment to what they create and finally @Asli_Jacqueline @shahidkapoor @ShraddhaKapoor @SunnyLeone @kritisanon @Thearjunbijlani @anitahasnandani and myself r just some of the names who also add to this list of Along with your costars of #GullyBoy who used Tiktok
— Vikas Gupta (@lostboy54) April 18, 2019
To promote their film. You dinT Stop @RanveerOfficial or @aliaa08 from being part of Tiktok and use it. At a time when so many people will get effected professionally and personally because of the Ban.
— Vikas Gupta (@lostboy54) April 18, 2019
It remains to be seen what further heartburn the TikTok ban will cause in its aftermath.