In a digital war between YouTube vs TikTok, a cyber complaint was filed against TikTok star Faisal Siddiqui brother of Amir Siddiqui for promoting acid attack on girls. Faisal has 13.4 million followers on the Chinese video-sharing social media service TikTok.
The video clip of 9 seconds by Faisal was shared on twitter by a random user. The video has, since then, gone viral on social media. In the absurd TikTok video, he can be heard saying, “Usna tumhe chor diya jiska liya tumna Mujhe chora tha“. The loose translation goes as “Did the man, for whom you abandoned me, leave you?” Following the dialogue, he goes on to recreate a disturbing scene of an acid attack. The face of the victim is then seen covered in scars.
As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), there have been 1,483 victims of acid attack between 2014 and 2018. Out of 523 cases that went for trial in 2018, convictions were successful in only 19 cases. Social media videos that glamorize acid attack as a means to avenge lost love has the potential to influence jilted lovers to follow suit in real life.
NCW takes Cognisance
BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga reached out to Rekha Sharma, the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW). In a reply to his tweet, Sharma assured that she will take up the case with the police as well as TikTok regarding the dangerous precedent set by such videos.
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This is FAIZAL SIDDIQUI. Promoting acid attack through his Tik Tok account and they call themselves as Social Media influencer! #BanTiktok pic.twitter.com/113mE7rzme
— CORONA WARRIOR 🇮🇳 MAYANK CHAUDHARY (@IamMayank_) May 18, 2020