Tech giants Google and Apple have removed TikTok from their app stores after the Supreme Court refused to stay Madras High Court order asking the Centre to prohibit the download of the Chinese social media platform. A search for video sharing platform TikTok on Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store did not show the app. The government, on Monday, had asked tech giants Google and Apple to comply with the Madras High Court's order that had banned popular mobile app TikTok, according to sources.

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The Madras High Court on Tuesday had refused to stay the ban on the app.

Madras HC asked the Centre on April 3 to ban TikTok, saying it encouraged pornography and warning that sexual predators could target child users.

The app was still available on Apple's platforms late on Tuesday, but was no longer available on Google's Play store in India.

In a previous hearing, the court had also asked the government would enact a statute to prevent the children becoming cyber/online victims.