A resident of Kazakhstan's capital will spend seven days under arrest for using obscene language during a TikTok livestream, after a court handed down the ruling, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to the Astana Police Department, officers identified the TikTok livestream video while monitoring social media. During the broadcast, the account holder publicly used obscene language.
Police noted that the man made remarks that disrupted public order and violated accepted standards of conduct.
"A 36-year-old native of the city of Taraz, D. S., has been identified. For committing petty hooliganism, expressed in showing disrespect toward others and disrupting public order, he has been brought to administrative liability. By court decision, the offender was given an administrative penalty in the form of arrest for a period of 7 days," police said.
The department stressed that the internet is not a space free from rules and accountability.
"Public broadcasts, comments and posts do not relieve users of the obligation to observe standards of public conduct and respect those around them. Liability for unlawful actions is provided for in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan," law enforcement officials noted.