The Ministry of Culture, Information, Sport and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan has declared it made the decision to block TikTok on the territory of the country, APA reports citing AKI Press.

The decision has been made and forwarded to the Ministry of Digital Development for further implementation in line with the law.

The Ministry of Culture said it received numerous appeals from non-governmental organizations, which are concerned about harmful impact of TikTok social network and its adverse effects on the mental development and health of children.

"TikTok immerses the user in the virtual world of short clips. After watching them, teenagers try to repeat certain videos, some of which are life-threatening. In addition, the children's psyche is still unstable, it is only being formed, and such content, causing addiction, negatively affects the emotional state of the younger generation," the Ministry of Culture said.

In this regard, the Ministry of Culture conducted monitoring of content of the given social network and found out that the given platform does not restrict access to information harming health and development of children and lacks the function of age control of its users.