TikTok gets bombarded with 1-star reviews on Google Play Store from Indian users. Here’s why???

TikTok still has a 4.8-star rating on the Apple App Store.

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• A flood of 1-star rating brought down the app’s rating from 4.5 stars to just 2.0 in a few days on Google Play Store
•  #BanTikTokIndia and #tiktokexposed hashtags have been trending on social media
• TikTok recently amassed two billion downloads globally, and India was its biggest market with 611 million downloads.

Popular short-video sharing platform TikTok has been getting 1-star reviews on Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store, mostly from Indian users, over the last few days. This comes after the app has been facing several controversies and severe backlash among the users. A flood of 1-star rating brought down the app ratings from 4.5 stars to just 2.0 stars on Google Play Store in just a few days. There are few who are even requesting a total ban of the app in the country. However, TikTok still has a 4.8-star rating on the Apple App Store, which isn’t surprising considering the smaller user base of iPhones in India.

Going into the details about the controversies, it all started when Indian YouTuber CarryMinnati recently published ‘YouTube vs TikTok: The End’ video, wherein he roasted TikTok creator Amar Siddiqui. This video received support from various corners, thereby creating a rift between both the platforms. The video gained millions of views but was later removed as it was claimed to be in ‘violation of terms of service’. This triggered followers of the YouTuber to give poor ratings to TikTok to show further support for the YouTuber. This slowly led to a YouTube vs TikTok tiff and #BanTikTokIndia and #tiktokexposed #CarryMinnati hashtags have started trending on social media.

Another reason for TikTok receiving 1-star ratings might be Faizal Siddiqui, brother of Amar Siddiqui, who has been accused of posting a video glorifying acid attacks on women. While he defended the video saying that it was misrepresented, the video received severe backlash. The video has not been removed by TikTok, which has further added fuel to the backlash towards the app. This also led users to leave 1-star ratings for TikTok on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

The short-video sharing app recently amassed two billion downloads globally, with India.