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Popular for its dubbing, remakes and short acting clips, video-sharing service TikTok has become a household name around the world.

The app, which allows users to create and share short videos with special effects, is hugely popular in the Subcontinent and looked upon as an outlet for people to unleash their creativity and connect with larger audiences.

However, the Peshawar High Court on Thursday ordered the PTA to ban the social media platform over proliferation of videos "spreading obscenity in society". A judge said videos being uploaded to TikTok were "unacceptable for Pakistani society".

However, Pakistani society didn't seem to agree — as Twitter was, once again, in an uproar..

Some couldn't handle it

While others were simply done

Some applauded the decision

While others weren't sure how to feel

Louder!

Previously, actor and Jeeto Pakistan host Fahad Mustafa called on parents to keep their children away from TikTok in the wake of a 16-year-old from Sialkot dying after a pistol went off while he and his friends were filming a TikTok video. However, social media was quick to remind him that risky incidents were an indication of individual misuse, rather than an intrinsic fault with the platform itself.

A better solution would be to provide the public with alternative outlets, rather than banning the limited ones they already have.